Events at a glance 2008

Everything from walking tours, family events and lectures to classic film screenings, exhibitions and Discover sessions.

Click on the links in the table below to get more information about individual events in 2008, or go back to the What's On section and browse.

2008 Date	Event	Time
Thu 31 Jan	Archive Tour	2.00pm - 2.30pm
Sat 9 Feb	Saturday Opening of The Royal Mail Archive Search Room	10.00am - 5.00pm
Wed 5 Mar	Open Afternoon at Museum Store	2.00pm - 4.00pm
Sat 8 March	Archive Open Day: Local History	10.00am - 5.00pm
Thu 27 Mar	Archive Tour	2.00pm - 2.30pm
Sat 29 Mar	Family Event: Night Mail Poetry Workshop	1.30pm - 4.30pm
Wed 2 Apr	Open Afternoon at the Museum Store	2.00pm - 4.00pm
Thu 3 Apr	Film Screening: Night Mail	6.30pm - 7.00pm
Thu 3 Apr	Talk: The Travelling Post Office	7.00pm - 8.00pm
Sat 12 Apr	Saturday Opening of The Royal Mail Archive Search Room	10.00am - 5.00pm
Wed 23 Apr	Lunchtime talk: St George's Day: Celebrating Three Englishmen	1.00pm - 2.00pm
Friday 2 - Sunday 4 May	BPMA at Who do you think you are?LIVE	10.00am - 6.00pm (5.00pm on Sunday)
Wed 7 May	Open Afternoon at Museum Store	2.00pm - 4.00pm
Sat 10 May	Family Event: Philatelic Fun	11.00am - 4.00pm
Thu 15 May	Talk: Celebrating he Regions	7.00pm - 8.00pm
Sat 17 May	Walking Tour: GPO London (4 miles)	1.00pm - 4.00pm
Thu 29 May	Archive Tour	2.00pm - 2.30pm
Mon 2 Jun	Open Evening at Museum Store	6.00pm - 9.00pm
Wed 4 Jun	Open Afternoon at Museum Store	2.00pm - 4.00pm
Sat 7 Jun	Saturday Opening of The Royal Mail Archive Search Room	10.00am - 5.00pm
Sat 14 Jun	Family Event: Family Learning in the Archive	11.00am - 4.00pm
Tue 17 Jun	Walking Tour: GPO London (4 miles)	2.00pm - 5.00pm
Sat 28 Jun	Discover Session: Penfolds - This event is no longer available	CANCELLED
Wed 2 Jul	Open Afternoon at Museum Store	2.00pm - 4.00pm
Mon 7 Jul	Open Evening at Museum Store	6.00pm - 9.00pm
Sat 12 Jul	Saturday Opening of The Royal Mail Archive Search Room	10.00am - 5.00pm
Thu 31 Jul	Archive Tour	2.00pm - 2.30pm
Wed 6 Aug	Open Afternoon at Museum Store	2.00pm - 4.00pm
Sat 9 Aug	Saturday Opening of The Royal Mail Archive Search Room	10.00am - 5.00pm
Thu 14 Aug	Family Event: Letterboxes in Miniature	1.30pm - 4.30pm
Mon 1 Sep	Open Evening at Museum Store	6.00pm - 9.00pm
Wed 3 Sep	Open Afternoon at Museum Store	2.00pm - 4.00pm
Sat 13 Sep	Archive Open Day: Take Your Place in History	10.00am - 5.00pm
Sun 14 Sep	Walking Tour: GPO London (4 miles)	2.00pm - 5.00pm
Thu 18 Sep	Talk: 50 Years of Country Definitives	7.00pm - 8.00pm
Thu 25 Sep	Archive Tour	2.00pm - 2.30pm
Wed 1 Oct	Open Afternoon at Museum Store	2.00pm - 4.00pm
Sat 11 Oct	Saturday Opening of The Royal Mail Archive Search Room	10.00am - 5.00pm
Thu 16 Oct	Talk: Girobank: The 40th Anniversary of The People's Bank	7.00pm - 8.00pm
Tue 28 Oct	Family Event: The Big Draw 2008	1.30pm - 4.30pm
Wed 5 Nov	Open Afternoon at Museum Store	2.00pm - 4.00pm
Thu 6 Nov	Talk: Changing Faces	7.00pm - 8.00pm
Sat 8 Nov	Discover Session: The Royal Cipher	11.00am - 3.00pm
Tue 18 Nov	Talk: Women Workers in the Post Office, 1914-1939	7.00pm - 8.00pm
Thu 27 Nov	Archive Tour	2.00pm - 2.30pm
Thu 27 Nov	Film screening: GPO Film Unit selection	6.30pm - 7.00pm
Thu 27 Nov	Talk: The GPO Film Unit	7.00pm - 8.00pm
Tue 2 Dec	BPMA & Friends of the BPMA Open Day 2008	10.30am - 6.30pm
Tue 2 Dec	Film screening: Mail Rail	6.45pm - 7.00pm
Tue 2 Dec	Talk: Mail Rail: An Underground Postal Journey	7.00pm - 8.00pm
Sat 6 Dec	Saturday Opening of The Royal Mail Archive Search Room	10.00am - 5.00pm
Date	Exhibitions	Location

May 2008 - Apr 2009	Lions, Leopards, Unicorns & Dragons: The First Regional Stamps	The Royal Mail Archive
Jan - Dec	Timeless & Classic: Elizabeth, Queen & Icon	The Wedgwood Visitor Centre
From Fri 21 Mar	The Travelling Post Office	Crewe Heritage Centre
From Fri 21 Mar	Moving the Mail: Horses to Horsepower	Grampian Transport Museum
Thu 6 Nov 2008 - Sun 15 Feb 2009	Last Post: Remembering the First World War	Churchill Museum & Cabinet War Rooms

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