The Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History, located on the campus of Regis College in Weston, MA, is the oldest museum of its kind in the nation. The Spellman Museum is a center of learning for people of all ages. It preserves, enhances and expands its philatelic collections, library, and facilities and provides programs and activities as a philatelic trust for the lifelong education and inspiration of the general public. In addition, it promotes the hobby of stamp collecting, and is a resource to engage historians, the curious, and the researcher. The Spellman Museum's philatelic collection is estimated at 2,000,000 items. The stamp and cover collection includes an extensive worldwide stamp collection; individual items of rarity and curiosity; specialized collections, interesting areas of postal history; topical and thematic collections; collateral collections related to philately, stamp design, production and use, and the development of postal and telegraph system.