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Only a part of the museum's total collection is on display at any given time. By changing and replacing its exhibits frequently, the museum is of continual interest, even to repeat visitors. Some exhibits, however, are so popular that they are retained on permanent display.
The "old business office," for example, is a re-creation of a typical telephone exchange in the era of the crank telephones and magneto switchboards. The manager's rolltop desk is authentic, as is the iron cot where the switchboard operator napped between calls at night. |
Hobbyists who specialize in glass and ceramic insulators appreciate the rarity of the specimens exhibited prominently in the museum's specially built display cases.
The dial telephone was one of many improvements first introduced by Independent telephone companies. One exhibit traces the evolution of the telephone dial.
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