Virtual Museum
philatelic objects
Browse the Museum's collection online through the award-winning site, Arago.

Arago, the Museum's educational and research website, presents the collections in a context-rich setting with full color images.

Named after French scientist Francois Arago (a friend of Smithsonian benefactor, James Smithson), the web site—like Arago the man—advocates using modern technology to disseminate information to the public.

Through Arago, the National Postal Museum is reaching out to our online audience solicing your input. Volunteer researchers provide scholarly information for the museum’s sundry objects. NPM invites philatelic and postal operations specialists in joining our endeavor to enhance the research of the museum’s objects that makes Arago such an important online resource. For information on this exciting volunteer opportunity, please visit: Volunteer Researcher Program.

Browse the National Postal Museum's collection through the mobile Smithsonian Collections Search Center.