Dog Days of Summer Family Festival

On behalf of Owney the Dog, our famed four-legged friend, the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum cordially invites you to the “Dog Days of Summer Family Festival!” Join us on Saturday, July 29th from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm to get to know Owney’s story and understand the role that other animals, such as mules, play in our postal system. Visitors can explore a wide variety of activities throughout the museum, including a scavenger hunt, Owney-puppet-making, screenings of the animated short “Owney: Tales from the Rails,” Story Corner, and the “Tracking Paws” map challenge in which you chart some of the 400 stops Owney made throughout the world. We’ll also have an agility course simulating mule mail delivery to the foot of the Grand Canyon and free ice pops as supplies last. In honor of Owney, the National Postal Museum has teamed up with local animal rescue groups and the Amtrak Police K-9 Unit. Sergeant Micah Jones from the Amtrak Police Department and his partner Summer, a female yellow Labrador, will demonstrate their patrol routine at 11:30 am and again at 2:00 pm in the Atrium. From 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, our program partners – the Humane Rescue Alliance, City Dogs Rescue, and Homeward Trails Animal Rescue – will hold an adoption fair on the museum’s outdoor terrace with rescue dogs and cats who are looking for their forever homes. Free; no registration required. Find out more about “Dog Days…” on event calendar!