Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History
The Spellman Museum engages diverse audiences in the opportunities to learn from stamps and postal history. It welcomes stamp collectors and philatelic students from around the world. Activity Center
Families can also visit the Activity Center, which includes geography and art projects, stamp identification exercise, U.S. and international Two Cents Boxes, current stamp catalogs and periodicals. Packets of free stamps from a 19th-century post office box are available for those 16 and under. There's also a Stamp Hunt with prizes.
About the Spellman Museum of Stamps
The Spellman Museum is an independent, not-for-profit cultural organization (501(c)(3)) with a mission to promote knowledge and understanding of worldwide history and geography through the study of stamps, letters, and other artifacts of people's communication through the mail. This educational mission is advanced through exhibitions, a resource center and library, and programs for children, families, and adults. The Museum is a partner in the Regis College Museum Studies Program providing formal classroom support and internship and practicum experiences for students.
The Spellman Museum is supported by grants, membership, admission fees and related earned income, earnings from an endowment fund, and the annual contributions of trustees, members, and friends. Donations of philatelic collections and literature are encouraged to enhance the museum's collection, for use in public programs, and for resale to support the museum.
Founded in 1960, the museum brought together the collections of Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York, and the National Philatelic Museum in Philadelphia. The collection now includes over 2,000,000 items including those from President Dwight David Eisenhower, violinist Jascha Heifetz, and General Matthew Ridgway. The Spellman Museum is one of two public museums in the United States devoted to stamps and postal history, the other being the Smithsonian Institution's National Postal Museum in Washington, D.C.
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Re-opening July 8, 2021
Summer hours 2021 will be Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 12:00 noon to 5:00pm
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Adults $8, Seniors $5, Children under 16 free
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241 Wellesley Street, at Regis College, Weston, MA, 02493 map
Phone: (781) 768-8367
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