Archivio Storico TIM

About the museum

The TIM Historical Archive preserves the memory of the SIP, STET and Telecom Italia groups and documents the development of Italian telecommunications through corporate, technological and social materials.

The TIM Historical Museum, conceived in 2017, is housed in the former CSELT site, today the TIM Innovation Lab, the group's telecommunications research centre. It is closely linked to the archive and also serves as a demonstration space for the latest applications, such as 5G, virtual reality and augmented reality.

The route shows the evolution of the telephone, from the first handmade wooden devices to modern terminals, with a section on telephone booths and a collection on Italian mobile telephony.

Highlights

• Handmade wooden telephones with built-in battery, among the oldest
• Early 20th-century wooden telephone booth from the Hotel Principi di Piemonte, brought to life by an augmented reality app
• Orange public-booth telephone and 1985 Videotel
• Teaching electromechanical switchboard from 1955 used by SIP technicians
• First optical fibre laid in Italy and first speech synthesiser
• “Pierfranco Gottero” collection on Italian mobile telephony

Permanent exhibition

• Museo Storico TIM – Un viaggio nel tempo delle telecomunicazioni italiane – Route through the evolution of the telephone, telephone booths and mobile telephony, with historical equipment and augmented reality applications.

Founded

1998

Operated by

TIM S.p.A.

Visitors per year

approx. 761

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Free admission, with reservation.

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