09/24/2026
Stop by the Morris Museum of Art today from 6–7:30 PM for an engaging journey through the early history of the postal service in the American South with Daniel Piazza, Chief Curator of Philately at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum.
📬 Don’t miss this fascinating look into Southern history! See below for more details.
https://themorris.org/event/smithsonian-affiliates-lecture-daniel-piazza-chief-curator-of-philately-of-the-smithsonian-national-postal-museum/
PHappy 34th to the Morris!
Thursday, September 24
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Join us in celebrating thirty-four years of the Morris Museum of Art with complimentary birthday treats, discounts in the museum store, $19.92 off any new or renewing membership, drawings, and view our latest exhibition, A Southern Perspective: America 250. FREE admission.
Image: John Baeder, Trailer Rt. 66, Arizona, 1975. Digital C-print. Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia. ©️ John Baeder.
Thursday, September 24
6:00 p.m. Smithsonian Affiliates Lecture: Daniel Piazza, Chief Curator of Philately of the Smithsonian National Postal Museum. Join us for an engaging journey through the early history of the postal service in the American South. Drawing on the National Postal Museum’s collections and the speaker’s forthcoming book, this talk will reveal how the mail helped weave the southern states into the fabric of the early republic. FREE.
