Since 1996, the Post Office, much loved by children, has been situated in the basement of the museum. Assisted by the museum's teaching staff, school and pre-school children can discover what it was like to work for the Post Office in the 1920s.

Since 1996 the children can literally perform the work of postmen, parcel drivers, cashiers and sorting office staff, and the children take their work very seriously. There is also a special children's museum on the Postal Service, and a large table for them to write letters and draw their own picture postcards and stamps.

The Little Post Office is open to all during weekends and school holidays 12 am - 3 pm, but at other times, it is reserved for pre-booked groups.

Questions? Tel. +46-8-781 17 58.

The Letter - a journey through time

This primary exhibition deals with the history of the Post Office and shows how letters have been sent and delivered for 375 years. The visitor can meet some of the people who worked for the Post Office from 1636 to the present day, and view the enviroments in which they worked.

In the 17th century section, we see the mail-carrying farmhand running through the woods on his way to the next post-farm. Another scene shows the mail-carrying farmers stuggling with the ice-boat Simpan, on their way across the Baltic Sea while the ice is breaking up. Postmaster Hjelm looks out through the hatch to see who has come to collect mail.

In the main hall we can see the first mail-carrying bus "Ettan" ("Number One"), which ran between Lycksele and Tvärålund in the early 1920's.

The exhibition also tells us about railway post, rural and urban postmen, airmail, and much more! In the Reception of the museum you can much collect a digital guide in English!

Questions? Tel. +46-8-781 17 16.

Remarkable!

The main stamp exhibition features themes such as the history of stamps and the processes of production, from pictural image, through engraving, to the finished product. The modern stamp production is illustrated in a new and interactive way.

The exhibition includes also unique rarities. It presents the stamp as a picture, a social phenomenon and a collectable. The exhibition tells us about known and un-known stamp collectors, about the famous forgeries and about how the postcard became popular.

Questions? Tel. +46-8-781 17 54.

Temporary exhibitions

Until January 8, 2012
Advertising, yes please!
The exhibition tells the story of
advertising in Sweden, with the Post
Office campaigns as examples. The
emphasis is on the last 60 years when
advertising, society and the Post
Office underwent great changes.
In the advertising material, we
can see what is happening in a
society and how it has developed.
Advertising has survived economic
depressions, stock market euphoria
and political changes and is today
part of our society.
Imagine a day without any
advertising and trademarks at all!

May 13 – November 28, 2010




Rocket Mail

The first Swedish rocket mail launch took place in 1961 and the last known launch was carried out in 1975.In connection with the 50th anniversary of the start of Swedish rocket mail, there will be an exhibition based on the award-winning exhibition collection of the postal historian Fredrik Ydell. Postmuseum’s contributions are original rockets, photographs, postmarks and other items of interest.

“The Swedish rocket mail lasted for a short and intense period during the 60s and 70s.  Stig Reidmar, Sigurd Tullberg and Gilbert Svenson were the driving force behind it and they formed Stiftelsen Jubileumspostflygningen (the Jubilee Mail Flight Foundation)”, says the collector Fredrik Ydell.

Information Tel. +46-8-781 17 13.



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