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Connections Museum |
98108 South Seattle, WA, United States of America (USA) (Washington) |
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| Address |
7000 East Marginal Way South
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| Floor area | unfortunately not known yet |
Radio and Kommunication in general
- Tubes/Valves / Semiconductors
- Wire- & tape recording
- Record players with pick up
- Telephone / Telex
- Computer / Informatic
- Morse technology
- Measuring Instruments, Lab Equipment
- Amateur Radio / Military & Industry Radio
- Home Appliances
- Movie recording and playback
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Opening times
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Sunday: 10am - 3pm | ||||
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Status from 02/2024
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Suggested donation is $5 for adults, $2 youths aged 12 to 18. | ||||
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| Homepage | www.telcomhistory.org/connections-museum-seattle | ||||
connectionsmuseum.org 
| Location / Directions |
The museum is located in the Georgetown neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. Via bus: You may also reach the museums via public transportation. Take either bus #142 (from Third Avenue in downtown Seattle) and get off at Ellis Avenue South and South Myrtle Street (then walk 0.35 miles to the museum) or take bus #132 from Third Avenue in downtown Seattle and get off at South Michigan Street and East Marginal Way South (then walk 0.5 miles to the museum). |
| Description | The museum features working Panel and Crossbar electromechanical central-office switches. It also has working Step-by-Step and Crossbar PBX equipment as well as antique telephones, switchboards, outside plant displays (poles, cables, splicing equipment, and tools) and a reference library. SWITCHINGThe Museum of Communications hosts one of the most unique displays of telephone switching equipment in the world. Thanks to the hard work of our volunteers, we are fortunate to have working examples of switching systems throughout the 20th century, including a Step-by-Step office, #1 and #5 Crossbar offices, and a Panel office. TELEPHONESTelephone sets are the devices that subscribers did not originally own but were instead leased from the phone company. The museum has many representative models, from a copy of Alexander Graham Bell’s first telephone to videophones. OUTSIDE PLANTThe outside plant is the telephone equipment that is not inside the central office and those tools necessary to support it. This includes building terminals, telephone poles, splices and lineman’s tools all of which are displayed in the museum. |
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