This unique hands-on museum and science centre is located in Edmontons historic Old Strathcona. It collects, preserves, catalogues and interprets artifacts and archival material relating to telephone technology, with emphasis on the history of telecommunications in Edmonton. The largest
of its kind in North America, it is the only such museum in Canada.
Journey into the past and see vintage telegraph equipment, early wooden long-box phones and candlestick phones. See what it was like to be an early operator by trying a real working switchboard. Be amazed by the many changes that have taken place as you talk (and see!) on a video phone.
The giftshop has various treasures of telephone trivia, and hard-to-find antique telephone parts for the collector. The archives include Edmonton telephone directories dating back to the early 1900s. Researchers wanting to use them at the centre should call ahead for an appointment.
Open year round: Mon-Fri 10-4, Sat 12-4. Closed Sun. Admission is charged. Wheelchair accessible. 10437-83 Avenue, Edmonton. . Call , code 4040 for information on special events.
Telephone Historical Centre Website
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