2008 Summer Activity - Communications Museum

Discovery of Postal Services

Have you ever been to the post office? Do you know who puts the letter into the letterbox for you? Each participant will obtain an activity diary and learn the works of postmen through workshops and role-play activities. You are welcome to join the creation of personalized postal box.

Contents:

1. From my home to the post office

  • Mini-seminar: Introduction of letter, postcard and parcel
  • Workshop: Designing personalized postcard
  • Interactive game: When and how to use the pillar-box
  • Mini-exhibition: Mini-postal boxes all over the world
  • Workshop: Make a personalized postal box

2. In the postal station

  • Mini-seminar: What are the staffs in the post office busy for
  • Film: The Journey of the Mail
  • Mix & match of postal objects
  • Role play activity: Working at the counter of postal station
  • Guided visit to the Museum Shop
  • Interactive games: Perfect Posting and Check the Mail

3. Hi, Mr. Postmen!

  • Mini-seminar: Settlement of correspondences and the work of postmen
  • Film: A Day of Mr. Postmen
  • Role-play activity: Who will be the best postmen
  • Exhibition of personalized postal boxes and awards ceremony
  • Interactive game: Flight Simulator

4. Stamps Kaleidoscope

  • Mini-seminar: Elements of stamps
  • Workshop: How to detach a stamp from the envelope
  • Stamp discovery: Message from the stamps
  • Interactive game: Design Your Own Stamp
  • Workshop: Making stamp bookmarks