Museo civico delle telecomunicazioni

Telecommunications museum in Colleferro: from primitive signals to the telegraph, telephone and radio, with about 1,500 items in 25 sections.

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About the museum

The collection, also known as the Collezione Cremona, began in the early 1950s with war surplus and was later enriched with equipment retired because of rapid technological change. Today it comprises about 1,500 finds arranged in 25 thematic sections, with a large section devoted to Guglielmo Marconi.

The route begins with an educational section on the first communication systems, from fire signals and signals with horns or shells in prehistoric times to Greek and Roman watchtowers, and continues with medieval acoustic instruments such as bells, trumpets and sirens, and with carrier pigeons. From the end of the 18th century the development of the optical telegraph is illustrated, followed by electric telegraphs, maritime and land signalling systems, telephones from different eras and countries, teleprinters, seismic microphones and the first wireless transmissions. One section is devoted to equipment used by intelligence services, including portable radio transceivers in suitcases.

Highlights

Section devoted to Guglielmo Marconi
Optical and electric telegraphs
Telephones from different eras and countries
Early wireless telegraphy equipment
Portable suitcase radios of the intelligence services

Permanent exhibition

Collezione permanente sulla storia delle telecomunicazioni – About 1,500 items in 25 sections, from primitive signals to the telegraph, telephone and radio, and the equipment of the intelligence services.