国家邮政博物馆11月20日开新展：从1847年首枚邮票看方寸之间的美国故事
史密森尼国家邮政博物馆10月26日宣布，新展「美国故事，美国邮票」将于11月20日周五开幕，用邮票原稿、草图与未被采用的设计稿，讲述邮票如何记录塑造美国的人物、事件、成就与文化传统，展览将持续展出至2029年。
展览以中英双语呈现，核心展品来自美国邮政总局局长收藏。这套收藏始于19世纪60年代，最初是邮政部门的内部参考档案，现由美国邮政署维护扩充、长期借存在国家邮政博物馆，其中包括原稿、批准与否决的设计、印刷样张等完整生产资料。
自1847年美国发行第一套邮票以来，邮票一直是美国传播最广的视觉叙事形式之一。展览按科学、体育、节日、艺术、娱乐、社会关怀、文学、儿童、爱国、自然、历史与公民领袖等12个主题组织展品，展品将轮换更新。
重点展品包括：2013年《解放奴隶宣言》150周年邮票的原稿，艺术家 Gail Anderson 以醒目的字体设计传达文字的力量；2017年日全食邮票使用热敏油墨，手指触摸即可显出月影；2016年猴年邮票原稿由华裔艺术家 Kam Mak 绘制，以牡丹象征富贵与荣誉；还有1998年美国第一枚半邮政邮票、乳腺癌研究主题的原稿水彩。
博物馆代理馆长 Toby Mensforth 说，邮票常以一幅图像浓缩塑造国家的人与事，在美国建国250周年之际，这个展览让观众透过这些微型艺术品回看共同的历史。策展人 Alison Bazylinski 表示，把原稿与成品邮票并置展出，观众能看清一枚邮票背后的每一次取舍。展览的资金来自史密森尼「我们共同的未来：250」倡议。国家邮政博物馆位于 Washington 的 2 Massachusetts Ave. N.E.，每天上午10时至下午5时30分开放。（来源：史密森尼国家邮政博物馆）
National Postal Museum Opens "American Stories, American Stamps" on November 20, Tracing U.S. Stories in Miniature
The Smithsonian's National Postal Museum will open "American Stories, American Stamps" on Friday, November 20, an exhibition exploring how postage stamps have reflected the people, events, achievements and cultural traditions that have shaped the nation, the museum announced on October 26. Presented in English and Spanish and on view through 2029, it draws on original artwork, preliminary sketches, and approved and rejected designs from the U.S. Postal Service's Postmaster General's Collection.
That collection began in the 1860s as an internal reference file of the U.S. Post Office Department, is maintained and expanded by the Postal Service, and is housed at the museum on long-term loan, documenting the evolution of American stamp design from subject selection to finished stamp.
Since the first U.S. postage stamps were issued in 1847, stamps have been one of the nation's most widely shared forms of visual storytelling. The exhibition is organized around 12 themes, science, sports, holidays, the arts, entertainment, social awareness, literature, kids, patriotism, nature, history and civic leaders, with artwork rotating periodically.
Highlights include the original artwork for the 2013 stamp marking the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, a bold typographic design by Gail Anderson and art director Antonio Alcalá; the 2017 total solar eclipse stamp, whose heat-sensitive ink reveals the moon when touched; original artwork by Kam Mak for the 2016 Year of the Monkey stamp, with peonies symbolizing wealth and honor; and Whitney Sherman's original watercolor for the nation's first semipostal stamp, the 1998 breast cancer research issue.
"Postage stamps have a unique ability to capture the people, events and experiences that have shaped this great nation, often through a single compelling image," said Toby Mensforth, the museum's acting director. Curator Alison Bazylinski said displaying original artwork alongside finished stamps shows visitors the creative choices behind familiar images. The exhibition is funded through the Smithsonian's "Our Shared Future: 250" initiative. The museum, at 2 Massachusetts Ave. N.E. in Washington, is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (Source: Smithsonian National Postal Museum)
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图片来源：图：1998年发行的 Alexander Calder 邮票（32美分）特写，展品来自邮政总局收藏。史密森尼国家邮政博物馆图片。 / Photo: Close-up of the 32-cent Alexander Calder stamp issued in 1998, from the Postmaster General's Collection. Image courtesy of the Smithsonian National Postal Museum.
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