With antique telephone equipment and memorabilia, framed artwork, and scrapbooks that reveal the history of communication technologies such as Edmonton city directories and technical manuals. This museum provides a fascinating peek into this progress of communication technologies.
Alexander Graham Bell invented his telephone in 1876 as an unprecedented way for people to communicate over long distances, marking an unprecedented advancement in communication technology. It marked an iconic step forward.
Museum of Telephony
Alexander Graham Bell revolutionized communications technology when he invented his telephone in 1876. This museum celebrates this invention and all its many innovations; while also paying homage to those responsible for building and maintaining its network. A STEM style teaching museum with engaging activities for visitors of all ages.
It showcases an impressive collection of antique phones, switchboards and other telecommunications equipment dating back to 1872. Offering guided tours and being an ideal spot for families with young children. Their impressive variety of phones from different eras includes working Panel and Crossbar electromechanical central office switches; outside plant displays with poles and cables; cataloged telecommunications reference materials as well as more.
This museum boasts inter-connected exhibits that enable visitors to dial around. Furthermore, they feature a manual cord board so visitors can simulate making and receiving calls.
Telecommunications History Group
THG strives to preserve and promote the rich history of telecom with two museums, archives, artifact collection, exhibits programs and events to connect the past to evolving technologies and cultures. As a non-profit membership-based organization funded through dues and research fees.
The telephone has long since outlived any initial suspicion, and is now considered a necessity in most homes. It has transformed human communication, as it allows users to exchange vast amounts of data at the same time. Furthermore, its convenience is undeniable: affordable calls allow us to stay in contact with distant relatives; earlier generations had to rely on writing letters in order to access this vital feature of modernity; letters were slow and cumbersome means of getting information back home.
Virtual Museum of Telecommunications
The Virtual Museum of Telecommunications is an invaluable free resource for anyone interested in the history of telephone equipment, switching systems and the people that made them possible. Operated by Telephone Collectors International as an archive repository to make archival material more widely available to those without physical museum access.
This groundbreaking collection covers every aspect of telecom technology from early phones to modern mobiles and beyond, including interactive exhibits to make learning fun!
Hello, Montreal! is an engaging exhibition that chronicles the development of communications technology since its invention by Alexander Graham Bell in 1874. Featuring oversize models and installations, audiovisual presentations, background projections, songs from different eras about telecom services as well as interactive stations for visitors of all ages, this experience provides visitors with a fascinating look back in history.
In 1997, British Telecom decided to close down their archives and donate historic artifacts from their collection to museums around the globe. British Telecom then established Connected Earth as a cooperation network in response. Their web portal provides rich content related to each artifact displayed physically across museums and galleries of network partners forming Connected Earth network partners.
Telephone Historical Centre
The Telephone Historical Centre is dedicated to collecting, organizing, documenting, exhibiting and preserving historical materials related to telephone technology. Their collection spans the history of telephone use from Alexander Graham Bell’s original gallows frame phone to touch-tone dialing on modern cell phones; additionally they house one of the largest telephone reference libraries in America.
The museum boasts an extensive collection of working Panel and Crossbar electromechanical central office switch equipment; operator switchboards; antique phones; outside plant displays (such as poles, wire and splicing tools) plus an extensive cataloged reference library for researchers. Furthermore, educational programs are provided to both students, teachers and others by the museum.
The Edmonton Telephone Historical Centre has been open since 1987 and is one of the largest facilities of its kind in North America. Their collection dates back to 1878 with phones that demonstrate significant technological advances like long distance calling and area codes – providing students and any individual interested in communications history with an invaluable source of information.
