Welcome to the Museum of Telephony
Welcome to the Museum of Telephony.
The museum’s collection includes telephones and related equipment from all over the world, from as early as the 1880’s to present day. Among the many goals of the museum is to have working telephones and demonstrations from all eras, and to interconnect working telephones by way of the museum’s extensive “central office” switching system.
The museum also houses an extensive library of telephony publications, including 100 year old texts, catalogs, brochures, and telephone company publications. The library is unequaled by any U.S. museum dedicated to telephony and most likely in the world. The museum has grown by acquiring private collections, donations of library materials, and purchases from private and public sources. The museum’s non-profit status has encouraged very generous donations to the museum which has added immensely to the size and scope of the collection.
We hope you enjoy a quick visit to our museum website by viewing the many photographs we have assembled in a variety of categories. You may see items that we own in duplicate and we’re always willing to discuss trades for items we don’t own. If you have questions or would like to talk with any of us, please send us an email. If interested, we would be happy to arrange a visit for you or your group.
We are located near the town of San Andreas that is on Highway 49 in California.
We hope you’ll browse at your convenience and come back often.
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I just found your website and wanted to let you know it really enjoyed seeing what you have on display. I am a full time (6 year) volunteer with the Charles Hall Museum located in east Tennessee in the small mountain town of Tellico Plains. We are located on the Cherohala Skyway and normally have about 30,000 visitors per year. Our museum currently consists of two buildings with the major display in one building being telephone and related equipment including a step switch. The other building has a tremendous gun collection, area Indian artifacts displays and many other collections. I really like the method of displaying you have used and the whole museum just looks great. Thank you for sharing the pictures. We will recommend your site to our visitors and if we come to your area will try to visit. You can also see video of our facilities by going to TENNESSEE CROSSROADS and searching for the Charles Hall Museum. Mr. Hall is featured on several of the clips. He was an independent telephone company owner and I am an AT&T retiree. Thank you for what you are doing.