FEBRUARY IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH
SPECIAL EXHIBIT
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THE MUSEUM IS LOCATED ON THE CAMPUS OF REGIS COLLEGE, 241 WELLESLEY ST. WESTON, MA.

​PLEASE COME VISIT US 
THURSDAY TO SUNDAY 
​   12:00  to  5:00 or by appointment
Admission $8 adults, $5 Seniors $3 Children (5-16)
​Members free

NEXT RIVERSIDE STAMP SHOW
Sunday March 10  10:00 - 3:00
Free admission to show and Museum

SPECIAL EXHIBIT 
"The Many Facets of Stamp Collecting"
See collections from members explaining what they collect and why.
Exhibit runs until March 31


FEBRUARY FREE STAMP OFFER
Send us your home address and we will send you a packet of stamps celebrating February:
Love Stamps, Presidents on Stamps and stamps celebrating Black History
info@spellman.org 

ATTENTION KIDS
Get a free membership for one year plus receive free stamps each month.
Bring your parents to the Museum for free
Get a discount in the Museum Store
To get your free membership, visit the Museum for an event.  You can also send $10 to the Museum with your address if you live away from the Museum.
Children age six or above are eligible.
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You don't have to be a stamp collector to enjoy a visit to the Spellman


Observe the Postage Stamp—Its Usefulness Depends Upon Its Ability to Stick to One Thing Till It Gets There​​.

Did you know we have an envelope that survived the crash of the Hindenburg in 1937?
We also have a dress made entirely of stamps that was worn to a stamp exposition in the 1920's.
On exhibit are stamps once owned by President Franklin Roosevelt

​Free stamps for the children.
​Scavenger hunts, games and puzzles for  stamp prizes.
Make stamp bookmarks and rainbows
Design your own stamps 

​Do you have any stamps you would like to donate?  Contact us at info@spellman.org
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Watch our fifteen -minute February
  video GOING POSTAL
Meet Archie, the stamp collecting alligator and try to answer our philatelic trivia question
​The link is below or you can click on the YouTube icon at the top of this page.

Hope you enjoy the show

CURRENT EXHIBITS


  • SELECTIONS FROM OUR MEMBERS' COLLECTIONS
  • Facets of Stamp Collecting
  • ​BLACK HISTORY ON STAMPS
  • ​Love stamps
  • ​Moon Landing Anniversary 
  • ​Ben Franklin on Stamps -  US Stamps to 1900
  • First stamps of Great Britain   
  • History of Rural Free Delivery
  • Civil War Mail 
  • Owls on Stamps 
  • The Boston Post Road
  • Stamps from the FDR collection
  • Zeppelin Mail
  • Ways that mail has been delivered ​over the years​
  • Children's Postal Games and stamp cases and boxes​

PICTURES FROM OUR ANNUAL HOLIDAY AND  MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. FAMILY DAYS
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NEXT FAMILY DAY
FEBRUARY 21
CELEBRATE OUR PRESIDENTS
11:00 to 3:00

 

THE MUSEUM OFFERS MERIT AND FUN BADGES PROGRAMS FOR BOY SCOUTS,  DAISIES, BROWNIES, GIRL SCOUTS AND CUB SCOUTS. Next programs on Feb.23 and March 23.
Note: these program is also open to non-scouts, both boys and girls ages 10 to 16.
 For more information and/or to register call 617-784-5838 or email to info@spellman.org

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MARK YOUR CALENDAR
ANNUAL MUSEUM PHILATELIC BAZAAR
Saturday, March 2, 2019
Members admitted at 11:00
General Public at 12:00
Become a member that day.

LEARN ABOUT HISTORIC EVENTS OF THE DAY CONNECTED TO STAMPS
​SEE STAMPS BELOW

COLLECTION EVALUATIONS AVAILABLE
​Do you have a collection gathering dust in your closet? Do you wonder if it has some value? The Museum offers an evaluation service for a fee of $40. To set up an appointment email info@spellman.org or click on "Other Services" above.​

NEWSLETTER
If you would like a copy of our latest newsletter, just email to info@spellman.org ​

INTERESTED IN JOINING A STAMP CLUB?
The Waltham Stamp Club meets twice a month starting at 7:00. For more information email to info@spellman.org

RENTAL SPACE AVAILABLE
Are you looking for a space for an upcoming business meeting or some other function for your organization?
The Museum has a room suitable for such meetings.
For more details email to info@spellman.org

The Spellman Museum is Great for ALL Ages!
Visits to classroom and field trips to the Museum are available.  The Museum also has programs for homeschoolers of all ages.
​ Email to info@spellman.org for details.
10:00 - 3:00


February 18, 1939
Golden Gate Exposition Opens

​If you would like a calendar featuring stamps for each day, email to info@spellman.org.
Our latest newsletter is also available. Email request. to
info@spellman.org.​

ANNUAL POSTAL HISTORY SYMPOSIUM  MAY 2, 2019
"MEXICO: WARS IN THE 19th  CENTURY"
Admission is free but please rsvp to info@spellman.org 
Schedule for the day is below

                             POSTAL HISTORY SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE  
8:30AM Exhibition opens - small breakfast
9:30AM Walk/drive over to College Hall room 202, at Regis College
9:50AM Opening remarks - Yamil H. Kouri, Jr.
10:00 - 10:45AM “Mexican Independence War: Postal History Perspective” by Jaime Benavides (Monterrey, Mexico)
11:00 - 11:45AM “The Mexican War: Culmination of Manifest Destiny” by Dr. Mark Banchik (Great Neck, NY) 12:00N - 1:00PM Lunch at Regis College cafeteria (Dutch treat)
1:05 - 1:50PM “European Military Intervention: 1861-1867” by Yamil H. Kouri, Jr. (Lexington, MA)
2:05 - 2:50PM “The Provisional Period of Mexico, 1867-1868” by Marc Gonzales (Denver, CO)
3:00 - 3:15PM Closing remarks and discussion
3:30 - 4:30PM Tour of the Museum  with Curator George Norton
 

Latest News

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Ben Franklin, aka Dr. Tim O'Connor, listens to Vera Meyer play the glass harmonica, an instrument he invented in 1761, at the Museum's Annual Members Dinner.


​The Spellman Friend of Education Award was recently given to Weston resident David Sabot, a senior at the Cambridge School of Weston, because of all his work with the monthly production of the educational video Going Postal (link above).  To read more about David click: weston.wickedlocal.com/news/20180224/spellman-museum-announces-friend-of-education-award-recipient
​Sending postcards, making Valentine cards and doing arts and crafts with stamps were all part of the fun at our annual Valentines Family Day on Feb. 10
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  • OLLI LECTURE: Museum member David Ball  spoke to about 75 people at the Tufts Life-Long Learning program about the history of postage stamps and the postal system.  Talks such as this are available for all types of adult organizations. 
  • Members of the Society For Hungarian Philately  held a meeting and their annual dinner on May 5 at the Museum.  Several displays of Hungarian stamps were on exhibit and books from the Museum's library about Hunganian stamps were made availabe.