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The National Postal Museum's website offers a variety of activities for kids and adults.
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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.
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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.
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Letter Mania!
Match wits and nerve with an unforgiving keyboard to discover the letters that complete the puzzle. Bring your knowledge of postal vocabulary!
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Word Search
Happy hunting for hidden terms and names! It may take a wizard to solve these puzzles!
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Jigsaw Puzzles
Piece together your postal history with these Jigsaw puzzles.
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Scramble
Scramble is for you if you love to solve puzzles!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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Wallpaper Downloads
Download these images to create new backgrounds for your computer screen.
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Write a Letter
Create your own stationery using images from the National Postal Museum, and write a letter to someone today!
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