The Telephone Museum

About

The Telephone Museum, Inc. offers children and young adults an inspirational opportunity to discover electrical engineering with old and new telephones.

Story

When you were a kid, did you take stuff apart just to find out what was inside? Today's stuff is harder to see without specialized equipment, so we tear apart old analog phones to see the componentry that converts voice to electric current and back again. Then we compare this seemingly larger than life componentry of the 19TH century to today's semiconductor based versions. All things being equal, Ohm's Law is why smartphones work the same way as a candlestick phone. Furthermore, Ohm's Law is the fundamental principle of all circuit design including smartphone RF and Logic circuit designs. So, in the spirit of taking stuff apart that is meaningful, we offer telephone workshops at our museum.

Mission

The museum fosters inspiration and enthusiasm for engineering and technology by leveraging America’s remarkable telephone history with educational programs based on modern day telecommunications. The museum’s telephone collection is the focal point of this effort, and in conjunction with a modern laboratory, serves to cultivate the entrepreneurial spirit which gave birth to the telephone and continues to drive today’s inventors and innovators.

Products

20TH Century Telephones Refurbished at the Workshop