Area served Worldwide Founder Cardinal Francis Spellman | Phone +1 781-768-8367 Founded 1960 | |
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Type not-for-profit, educational organization Focus Philately and Postal history Location Regis College, Weston, Massachusetts Origins Cardinal Spellman and Philadelphia National Philatelic Museum stamp collections Product displays, library, programs for children Address 241 Wellesley St, Weston, MA 02493, USA Hours Closed today WednesdayClosedThursday12–5PMFriday12–5PMSaturday12–5PMSunday12–5PMMondayClosedTuesdayClosedSuggest an edit Similar Bath Postal Museum, Golden Ball Tavern, Canadian Postal Museum, National Postal Museum, The Discovery Museums | ||
The Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History, also commonly known as the Cardinal Spellman Philatelic Museum, is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the appreciation of diversity through the medium of postage stamps and postal history.
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Location
The museum is located at 235 Wellesley Street, at Regis College, Weston, Massachusetts. The museum has limited hours and is open to the public on Thursdays through Sundays except in July and August when the museum is closed on Sundays. Special activities are held at the museum, and are listed in its schedule calendar.
History
The museum was founded in 1960, attended by a host of postal and philatelic dignitaries, and now contains over two million philatelic items, ranging from postage stamps, to postal history, to artifacts of communications through the mails. The collections that make up the museum are the personal collection of Cardinal Francis Spellman, the collections from the Philadelphia National Philatelic Museum, and collections and portions of collections donated or loaned by other collectors such as President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Musician Jascha Heifetz, and General Matthew Ridgway. Its principal mission is to engage and teach diversity, history, and geography through its philatelic exhibits, library, resource center, and programs for children.
The Spellman philosophy
Cardinal Spellman, around 1950, wrote:
Funding
The museum is supported by grants, donations, admission fees, an endowment fund, and other sources of donated funds.
Organization
The museum is administered by a Board of Trustees, a museum staff, a Director’s Round Table of friends it can call upon for advice and support, and a number of dedicated volunteers.
Special services
The museum, at a nominal charge, will evaluate philatelic collections, extract archived collections for private viewing, and allow use of its facilities (space rental).