Deutsches Telefon-Museum

About the museum

The museum in Morbach in the Hunsrück grew out of the collecting passion of a telephone association founded as early as 1996, which brings together collectors, supporters and other museums. After about two years of setting up, the house officially opened on March 16, 2001; guests at the opening included the former federal postal minister Christian Schwarz-Schilling.

Across two levels and nine rooms, the museum shows the development of telegraphy and telephony in Germany, from the first apparatus of the 1880s to the present. The collection now comprises more than 2,000 pieces and was already included in the Guinness Book of Records in 1994. The museum places special value on presenting the telephones together with the matching switching equipment; many devices are connected and working, and visitors can try them out themselves.

Highlights include a switching system from Königsee in Thuringia, which was first set up in Koblenz after the Wende (German reunification), was put into storage after the closure of the postal museum there, and nearly ended up being scrapped in 2000. The exhibition is supplemented by videophones, teleprinters, fax machines, models of post coaches, a film room and an extensive specialist library.

Highlights

• Oldest wall stations with local-battery operation from the 1880s
• Dial telephones from 1908 in operation on a Siemens rod-selector exchange
• Switching system from Königsee (Thuringia)
• Videophones, teleprinters and Siemens-Hell fax machines
• Original 1910 post coach in the outdoor display case
• Specialist library on telecommunications technology

Permanent exhibition

• Dauerausstellung zur Geschichte von Telegrafie und Fernsprechwesen – Nine rooms on two levels with telephones, switching systems, videophones and teleprinters, from the early days of telephone technology to the present.

Founded

2001

Operated by

Deutsches Telefon-Museum e. V.

Admission & discounts

Members of the supporting association enter free during opening hours.

Accessibility

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Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Activity booklet, scavenger hunt or kids’ audio guide
• Hands-on stations

Many telephones are connected and can be tried out. There is a family ticket; school classes can receive a crossword puzzle as a museum scavenger hunt on request.

Getting there & parking

Route via the Hunsrückhöhenstraße (B 327) to Morbach; satnav address Jugendherbergstraße 25, 54497 Morbach. The museum is the last building on the left-hand side of the street. The Morbach Tourist Information (Bahnhofstraße 19) can help with questions about the town.

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