History Collections
Find out more about history collections and History Day
History Collections
Find out more about history collections and History Day

The Postal Museum
The Postal Museum is an award-winning, Accredited and independent museum in London. We care for hundreds of thousands of objects and stories. Our collections tell the 500-year-old story of British postal communication and its continued impact on life around the world today.
History Day 2024 contributions
Explore communications history and more in The Royal Mail Archive
- Blog post: Health, Pandemics and the Victorian Post Office – The Postal Museum
- Blog post: Postmistresses in the Victorian Post Office – The Postal Museum
- Blog post: 19th century Post Office workers records go live on the Addressing Health website – The Postal Museum
- Blog post: A brief history of national postal strikes – The Postal Museum
- Blog post: The Suffrage Movement – The Postal Museum
- Collections: Women Artists of the General Post Office – The Postal Museum
Recent academic research projects using The Royal Mail Archive: