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Explore our events in 2006!Use this section to find out what's on at the BPMA. For reports on recent events, and what else we have been up to, go to the News section.

Browse the events below, go to the Events at a Glance page to see the full calendar for 2009, or download our Events Guide as a pdf.

Most of our events are free (see individual events for information).

As well as tours and lectures, there are family events throughout the year, walking tours around London, in-depth Discover sessions, and some great documentary film shows from the heyday of the GPO Film Unit.

Event Talk: Women Workers in the Post Office 1914 to 1939 (The Churchill Museum & Cabinet War Rooms, from Jan 27, 2009 07:00 PM to Jan 27, 2009 09:00 PM)
Helen Glew, Researcher, BPMA, will explore the working lives of women employed by the General Post Office in both wartime and peacetime. This event takes place at the Churchill Museum & Cabinet War Rooms and is part of the BPMA and CM&CWR's exhibition Last Post: Remembering the First World War.
Event Archive Tour - January (The Royal Mail Archive, from Jan 29, 2009 02:00 PM to Jan 29, 2009 03:00 PM)
See behind-the-scenes at The Royal Mail Archive and find out about our collections.
Event Talk: The Post Office during the Second World War (Churchill Museum & Cabinet War Rooms, from Feb 02, 2009 07:00 PM to Feb 02, 2009 09:00 PM)
Mark Crowley, Researcher, BPMA, traces the role of the Post Office during the Second World War. Its role in maintaining solidarity on the home front, and its role in the war effort more generally will be examined. This event takes place at the Churchill Museum & Cabinet War Rooms and is part of the BPMA and CM&CWR's exhibition Last Post: Remembering the First World War.
Event Saturday Opening of the Royal Mail Archive Search Room - February (British Postal Museum & Archive, from Feb 07, 2009 10:00 AM to Feb 07, 2009 05:00 PM)
A weekend opportunity to visit The Royal Mail Archive
Event Talk: Winston Churchill and the First World War (Churchill Museum & Cabinet War Rooms, from Feb 23, 2009 07:00 PM to Feb 23, 2009 09:00 PM)
Terry Charman, Historian, Imperial War Museum, will tell of how Churchill, as First Lord of the Admiralty, began the war at the centre of Britain's war effort, how he fell from power in May 1915, his time on the Western Front with the Royal Scots Fusiliers, and how he ended the war, once more in office, as Minister of Munitions. This event takes place at the Churchill Museum & Cabinet War Rooms and is part of the BPMA and CM&CWR's exhibition Last Post: Remembering the First World War.
Event Talk: Human Letters (British Postal Museum & Archive, from Feb 26, 2009 07:00 PM to Feb 26, 2009 08:00 PM)
Dr Katherine Rake explores the role and use of the postal service in the development of the equality movement.
Event Museum Store Open Afternoon - March (The British Postal Museum Store, from Mar 04, 2009 02:00 PM to Mar 04, 2009 04:00 PM)
An opportunity to view our extensive museum collection, including letterboxes, telephone kiosks and postal vehicles.
Event Talk: The Post Office during the First World War (The Churchill Museum & Cabinet War Rooms, from Mar 05, 2009 07:00 PM to Mar 05, 2009 09:00 PM)
Peter Sutton, Researcher, BPMA, discusses the complexities of the role of the Post Office during the First World War. This event takes place at the Churchill Museum & Cabinet War Rooms and is part of the BPMA and CM&CWR's exhibition Last Post: Remembering the First World War.
Event Talk: Pioneers of the Industrial Revolution (British Postal Museum & Archive, from Mar 31, 2009 07:00 PM to Mar 31, 2009 08:00 PM)
Designer Brian Webb explores the development of this month’s Pioneers of the Industrial Revolution stamp issue, and other work for Royal Mail spanning the last twenty years.
Event Museum Store Open Afternoon - April (The British Postal Museum Store, from Apr 01, 2009 02:00 PM to Apr 01, 2009 04:00 PM)
An opportunity to view our extensive museum collection, including letterboxes, telephone kiosks and postal vehicles.
Event Saturday Opening of the Royal Mail Archive Search Room - April (British Postal Museum & Archive, from Apr 04, 2009 10:00 AM to Apr 04, 2009 05:00 PM)
A weekend opportunity to visit The Royal Mail Archive
Event Archive Tour - April (The Royal Mail Archive, from Apr 30, 2009 02:00 PM to Apr 30, 2009 03:00 PM)
See behind-the-scenes at The Royal Mail Archive and find out about our collections
Event Museum Store Open Afternoon - May (The British Postal Museum Store, from May 06, 2009 02:00 PM to May 06, 2009 04:00 PM)
An opportunity to view our extensive museum collection, including letterboxes, telephone kiosks and postal vehicles.
Event Talk: Design into Print (British Postal Museum & Archive, from May 14, 2009 07:00 PM to May 14, 2009 08:00 PM)
Artist, designer and illustrator David Gentleman revolutionised stamp design in the 1960s, and has produced some of our most memorable philatelic designs in the last forty years.