TODAY IN HISTORY

VISIT THE WASHINGTON POSTAL MUSEUM

Postal Museum's Activity Zone.

Game Room
The National Postal Museum's website offers a variety of activities for kids and adults.

Rail, Sail, or Overland Mail
Can you get 20 mailbags from Philadelphia to New Orleans in 1853? Use a stagecoach, boat or train to move the mail along actual mail routes.

Famous Americans
Score big if you can match the faces of famous Americans on stamps. Click here to learn more about the famous Americans featured in this game.

Postmaster's Challenge
Test your knowledge of postal history and stamp collecting.

Letter Mania!
Match wits and nerve with an unforgiving keyboard to discover the letters that complete the puzzle. Bring your knowledge of postal vocabulary!

Word Search
Happy hunting for hidden terms and names! It may take a wizard to solve these puzzles!

Jigsaw Puzzles
Piece together your postal history with these Jigsaw puzzles.

Scramble
Scramble is for you if you love to solve puzzles!

Online Coloring Book
You don't need crayons here! Create postal-themed works of art right on your computer screen using our online coloring pages.

Decode the Barcode
Envelopes have a special code that the U.S. Postal Service uses to help deliver the mail. See if you can figure out how to crack the code.

Quizzes
Do you know how stamp designs are chosen, or which transportation method replaced dog sleds in Alaska? Test yourself by answering these and other postal and philatelic questions.




Downloads
				Artful Animals Activity Guide Find artful animals all over the Smithsonian. Based on the Artful Animals Exhibition at the National Museum of African Art, this guide includes fun postal-themed activities as well. You can do them at the museum or at home with your own collection!

				Wallpaper Downloads Download these images to create new backgrounds for your computer screen.

Write a Letter
Create your own stationery using images from the National Postal Museum, and write a letter to someone today!