Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum to Open Baseball Exhibition

Family travelers looking to visit some of Washington D.C.’s best museums can enjoy the new baseball exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum. Opening April 9, the exhibition explores the most thrilling moments of baseball, featuring hundreds of U.S. and international stamps honoring great baseball players, as well as iconic moments in baseball over the years.

The exhibition will remain on view through Jan. 5, 2025, and will include many objects loaned by other Smithsonian museums, the National Baseball Hall of Fame, law enforcement agencies and private collections. Items like uniforms, jackets, hats, game-used bats and other memorabilia will grace the exhibition.

The postage stamps displayed at the exhibition follow the lives and careers of some of baseball’s greatest players, including those from the Negro Leagues. Original artwork commissioned by the U.S. Postal Service depicting several players will appear beside the players’ actual uniforms. Witness Jackie Robinson’s road uniform from the 1948 season, as well as the game-used bats from Joe DiMaggio and Babe Ruth.

Other famous players highlighted in the exhibition will include Roberto Clemente, Ty Cobb, Lefty Grove and Lou Gehrig. The exhibition coincides with the 75^th anniversary of Jackie Robinson joining the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 as Major League Baseball’s first African American player and the 50^th anniversary of Roberto Clemente’s death.

Presented in both English and Spanish, the exhibition will also include special themes examining baseball, such as Creating Baseball, The Negro Leagues, Legendary Playing Fields and We All Play Ball.