14 JANUARY 2016 http://www.stampandcoin.co.uk2015 was an incredibly exciting year for our plans to deliver The Postal Museum.
We’re now beginning to see the physical signs of what the building, visitor
attraction and community hub will look like, with demolitions complete and our
contractors ready to begin pre-construction works at Mail Rail.
With boots on the ground, the project has gone from existing purely on paper
to becoming something tangible, physical, real. It’s becoming easier to imagine
welcoming our first visitors, how they feel, and how they want to engage with us.
We hope to see you among them when we open our doors in early 2017.
Alongside this, the gallery and ride design, responsible for bringing the stories
held within our collections to life, has moved from the design to delivery stage.
Exhibits are being locked down, stories fleshed out, and the interactive ride
elements rigorously tested to ensure the best immersive experience possible in the
tunnels and much more besides.
There is still much to do, but with the hard work beginning to bear visible fruit,
the excitement and anticipation levels are rising. With just one year until they
reach their crescendo, we are focused on our goal – to put The Postal Museum
on London’s cultural map, and provide a first class attraction that our visitors and
supporters will enjoy and be proud of for many, many years to come....delivering The Postal Museum
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The Post Offi ce in Pictures
Beginning December 2015 – end January 2016
Beacon Museum, West Strand, Whitehaven,
Cumbria CA28 7LYOpening hours:
Tuesday to Sunday and holiday Mondays 10am to
4.30pm. Last admission 45 mins before closing.
Admission charge: Adult £5.50, Child £2,
Concessions £4, Under 5s free.
Family ticket (2 adults and up to 3 children) £10.
Annual Pass – Adult £16, Concession £12, Child £4.From strange creatures
sent through the post,
to the daily deliveries by
land, sea and air to every
corner of the country,
the photos featured
in this exhibition offer
a fascinating series of
windows on Britain
from the 1930s to the
1980s – including some
of the more unusual,
unexpected and unseen
activities of the Post
Offi ce and its people.Pop it in the Post:
Your World at the end of the Street
Wednesday 6 January – Saturday 26 March 2016
Havering Museum, 19-21 High Street,
Romford, RM1 1JUOpening hours: Wednesday - Saturday 11am to 5pm.
Last entry to the galleries will be 4pm and 4.30pm to
the shop.
Admission charge: Adult £2.50, Senior Citizens £2.00,
Children up to 16 years old - FREE, (Children must be
supervised at all times)
Annual Season Ticket: Adult £15.00,
Senior Citizens £12.For over 160 years, people in Britain have been able
to stick a stamp on a letter and post it into a pillar
box – keeping in touch with people in cities, towns
and villages everywhere. This family-friendly exhibition
explores the new and sometimes quirky ideas that
made this possible. Discover the story of the letter
writing revolution, enabled by the world’s fi rst ever
stamp, and the UK’s fi rst pillar boxes, and meet the
individuals who made this possible.
When working for the Post Offi ce, acclaimed novelist
Anthony Trollope fi rst suggested the idea of the pillar
box for the UK. They were introduced in 1852.Events & exhibitions
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