A Community Resource and National Treasure
Upcoming EventS:
For more information or to RSVP to any upcoming event, please contact Jodi Chase: Jlchase@spellmanmuseum.org.
2025 – ANOTHER YEAR OF
FANTASTIC EVENTS AT THE SPELLMAN!
SAVE THESE DATES – LET US KNOW IF YOU WILL BE JOINING US!
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Saturday, February 8, 1PM – 3PM — VALENTINE FAMILY DAY
All ages are welcome! Make your own valentines and crafts, take home or mail your work! 💖
Attendance is free
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Saturday, February 15, 11AM — BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, AMERICA’S FIRST POSTMASTER
Wellesley native and Colonial era postal history collector Dr. Tim O’Connor joins the museum as Benjamin Franklin and discusses his life as a Founding Father, Boston native, and America’s first Postmaster General. This is the first in a series of programming focused on the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, which began in April of 1775.
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Sunday, March 9, 10AM to 3PM — NEW ENGLAND POSTCARD CLUB ANNUAL SHOW
The New England Postcard Club’s largest annual sale takes place in the museum’s galleries and activity room! Over 20 vendors are expected with hundreds of thousands of postcards available for purchase. Admission is free for this special event!
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Saturday, March 29 (Time TBD) — STORIES ON STAMPS
Whether you love fairy tales, classic children’s novels or Harry Potter, come see if your favorite stories have been featured on stamps! Attend this storyteller performance, make a bookmark, and enjoy a scavenger hunt!
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Thursday, April 17, 7PM — BANNED BOOKS PANEL DISCUSSION
Details to follow!
RSVP: smahaney@spellmanmuseum.org
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phi·lat·e·ly
/fəˈladlē/
noun the collection and study of postage stamps.
As defined by Oxford Languages
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Stamps tell stories and reflect the history of the postal service. They are miniature windows into society, culture, and identity. The Spellman Museum features extraordinary exhibits that illustrate national and world history, social movements, pioneers, and human achievement, connecting visitors with the shared human experience through stamps.
Stamp collecting has been around as long as stamps have existed. Stamps provide relevant and artful content highlighting arts, culture, biography, architecture, prominent individuals, world leaders, science, as well current events, major milestones and nature.
While their primary purpose has been to pre-pay for the transportation and delivery of mail, stamps have also helped to highlight shared values and experiences, and to promote human achievements, around the world.
The world’s first postage stamp was the Penny Black. Invented in 1840 by Sir Rowland Hill, a British administrator and educator, principally known for his development of the modern postal service, postage stamps would quickly be adopted internationally.
