Permanent exhibits
Explore postal history
The story of Arizona’s post offices and mail delivery is also the story of Arizona.
The Post Office: Service, History, and Significance
Permanent display; on view in main building.
The Post Office – an institution with specialized roles, equipment, and procedures – has significantly participated in the development of the U.S. and impacted the lives of its people. Take a look at all the ways the post office has affected the growth of the country, particularly in the Old West.
Hazards of mail delivery in early Arizona
Permanent display; on view in Slusser Library.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, our organization, then known as the Western Postal History Museum, commissioned artist Cal Peters to create five paintings and five dioramas to depict the dangers of early mail delivery.
