As post offices across America possibly close their doors forever, I thought this would be a good time to tell you about one of the largest U.S. Postal Service museums in the country. Believe it or not, a rather small town in the middle of Michigan (also home to the American Museum of Magic, covered here back in December) is only surpassed by the Smithsonian Institution in terms of all things postal. I personally bumped into this place while driving around the state last month. Unfortunately, I was late (kind of like my mailman) so it was not open.
Established 25 years ago, the museum has 4,000 artifacts one would expect at such a place, like old uniforms, rural carrier memorabilia and post office equipment. Once located in the the basement of the historic Schragg Marshall post office the museum now has its own building as you can see in the above picture taken by yours truly. Interesting to note – the town of Marshall (population 7,459) not only has two random museums but also a house straight out of Honolulu and two stagecoach inns still in operation. Sometimes the middle of nowhere is actually somewhere…and it doesn’t make any sense.
