Friday, December 02, 2011

Planes, Trains, Automobiles and Stamps


The National Postal Museum was another one of those museums that was right under my nose and I never knew it. I practically walk past it every day and decided I needed to finally take a look inside. What I found was a massive museum with dozens of intriguing exhibits.

There's a lot to learn and might be hard to see everything in one visit (unless you stay all day). Obviously there is a lot of detail due to stamps being small but there are also some bigger exhibits that you could get lost in.


Overall it's a really well done museum with a lot to take in and in my opinion, it's worth checking out the architecture alone.


Museum Entrance

Mailboxes from around the world.

Planes...


...trains...

...automobiles!

Exhibit Map


Obviously tons of stamps.






'Boring' Details:


Distance from office: 0.1 miles
Door to door time: 5 minutes
Tour time: 50 minutes
Transportation used: Walked
Cost: Free

Notes:
- Metal detectors (allot a few extra minutes) so leave your knife at home.






But wait, there's more...
Photos on Picasa.
Short URL: http://goo.gl/CqFon

1 comment:

Model railroaders said...

wow. the world of vintage model railroaders and old transportation service.