List of United States post office murals

The principal objective of the United States post office murals was to secure artwork that met high artistic standards[1] for public buildings, where it was accessible to all people.

[4] The Treasury Relief Art Project (1935–1938), which provided artistic decoration for existing Federal buildings, produced a smaller number of post office murals.

[5] Projects were closely scrutinized by the Section for style and content, and artists were paid only after each stage in the creative process was approved.

They were commission-driven public work programs that employed artists to beautify American government buildings, strictly on the basis of quality.

So great was its scope and cultural impact that the term "WPA" is often mistakenly used to describe all New Deal art, including the U.S. post office murals.