Current exhibitions

The BPMA has year-long exhibitions on display in the small display area in our Search Room at The Royal Mail Archive. We also have a thriving programme of touring and external exhibitions. All of our exhibitions are available as online exhibitions and in addition we have a number of exhibitions that are solely online.

You can find out more about what exhibitions we have available as touring exhibitions in Exhibitions available to other venues.

The following exhibitions are currently available to visit:

Last Post: Remembering the First World War

Churchill Museum & Cabinet War Rooms from 6th November 2008 until 28th February 2009.

This new temporary exhibition, jointly organised by the BPMA and the CM&CWR, will display artefacts, posters and images from both the Imperial War Museum’s and the BPMA’s collections. It celebrates the the vital role the Post Office played during the First World War (1914-1918).

BPMA Last Post: Remembering the First World War education packs for primary and secondary school teachers are available to download from the Learning section of this website.

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Last Post: Remembering the First World War online exhibition

Lions, Leopards, Unicorns and Dragons: The first "Regional" stamps

BPMA Search Room, Freeling House from 7 May 2008 until 24 April 2009.

The exhibition marks the 50th anniversary of the first definitive stamps for Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland and the islands of Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man. It explores how the designs for the stamps came about.

More on Lions, Leopards, Unicorns and Dragons: The first "Regional" stamps

Lions, Leopards, Unicorns and Dragons: The first "Regional" stamps online exhibition