News

The latest news from the BPMA

Last Post: Remembering the First World War

BPMA's exhibition Last Post: Remembering the First World War, celebrating the role of the Post Office in the First World War, is now on show at the Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms.

War memorials database now online

The first full register of more than 300 war memorials honouring the sacrifices of Royal Mail employees who lost their lives has now been published.

Stocktaking Closure

We will be closed from 8 December-19 December inclusive for stocktaking

New records have been added to our online catalogue

Details about the latest records that have been published via our online catalogue.

BPMA online survey

The BPMA would like to hear your views through an online survey.

The BPMA finds a new home in Swindon

The British Postal Museum & Archive (BPMA) is delighted to announce its choice of a site at Churchward Village, Swindon, to create its new museum and archive centre.

Films from the GPO Film Unit released on DVD

The British Postal Museum & Archive (BPMA) has, in partnership with the BFI and BT Heritage remastered films from the old GPO Film Unit. Addressing the Nation, the first of three DVDs, has now been released.

Objects from the BPMA on loan to Dr. Johnson's House

The BPMA is delighted to have been able to loan an addressed envelope and an important handstamp from our collection to Dr Johnson's House. These items will form part of the fascinating exhibition Tea and Coffee in the Age of Dr. Johnson.

Grant awarded for construction of Victorian post office

 

Preservation Microfilming July 2008-August 2008

22 volumes will be going off site for preservation microfilming and will be unavailable from 25 July to 27 August 2008.

BPMA featured in Royal College of Art Degree Show

This year’s Royal College of Art degree show includes not only the future of communication design, but references the postal communications of the past through the work of Communication Art & Design student, Annabel Fraser.

BPMA Exhibitions & Learning Manager post advertised

Apply now for Exhibitions & Learning Manager position.

BPMA successful in four new funding bids

We are delighted to announce that we have recently been successful in bidding for four new streams of funding. This article tells you more about each stream.

Last Post exhibition to take place at the Churchill Museum & Cabinet War Rooms from November 2008

In November this year we will be launching a new exhibition at the Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms in Westminster.

BPMA announce the winner in contest for Greatest Englishman in Post Office History

To mark St. George's day 2008 three of our curators lead a debate on the greatest Englishman in Post Office history. Here, we will exclusively reveal the winner of the contest.

Screenonline Archive Interactive about GPO Film Unit now online

We have been working with Royal Mail, the British Film Institute, BT and BT Archives to produce an online interactive tour of the films made by the GPO Film Unit. This tour is now available on the Screenonline website.

New records added to online catalogue

We now have 70,083 records on our online catalogue as a result of a recent upload. These include holdings from both the Museum and the Archive Collections.

BPMA at Who Do You Think You Are? LIVE

 

Disruption to our online catalogue, Thursday 29 May

Our online catalogue will be temporarily unavailable on Thursday 29th May from 9.00am.

Celebrating Sylvia Pankhurst

An exhibition at the Redbridge Museum recently featured an ‘A’ type Edward VII pillar box from the BPMA Collection. The exhibition, entitled ‘Celebrating Sylvia Pankhurst’ opened 7 April 2008 and runs until 21 June 2008.