Event
“Representations of America: USPS Art Directors on Stamp Design” - 23rd Maynard Sundman Lecture
What can we learn about America – its cultures, history, landscapes, treasures – from its postage stamps? What are the challenges and joys specific to designing postal materials? Join us in person or online as we discuss these questions, the stamps celebrating the country’s 250th anniversary, and more with USPS Art Directors Antonio Alcalá, Greg Breeding, and Ethel Kessler.
On View At
Located in the historic D.C. City Post Office next to the restored Union Station, the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum showcases the largest and most comprehensive collection of stamps and philatelic material in the world.
Washington, DC
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily