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Web Site Review
| National Postal Museum <http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/>. Created and maintained by the National Postal Museum, Washington, D.C. Reviewed Dec. 10, 2005.
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| The National Postal Museum's Web site will appeal to a diverse audience of historians, educators, stamp collectors, and the interested public. The online exhibitions and supplementary reference material cover virtually every aspect of postal history from stamp-making methods to the history of airmail. The Web site is attractively designed and easy to navigate. |
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The heart of the site is the "Exhibits" section, containing summaries of six permanent and four temporary exhibitions on display in the museum and eleven online exhibitions. The permanent exhibits, such as "Binding the Nation" and "Moving the Mail," provide an excellent overview of the history of the mail service from Benjamin Franklin's era to today. The temporary and online exhibits are less general in scope. They cover much more specific topics, such as the Klondike gold rush and stamps commemorating the baseball hall-of-famer Roberto Clemente. |
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