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== Business-scale telephone systems == | == Business-scale telephone systems == | ||
The museum contains several smaller scale manual and automatic switching systems: | |||
* a [[CMS:Private Branch Exchange (PBX) Collection|collection]] of [[wikipedia:Business_telephone_system#Private_branch_exchange|private branch exchanges]] | * a [[CMS:Private Branch Exchange (PBX) Collection|collection]] of [[wikipedia:Business_telephone_system#Private_branch_exchange|private branch exchanges]] | ||
* a [[CMS:Private Automatic Branch Exchange (PABX) Collection|collection]] of private automatic branch exchanges | * a [[CMS:Private Automatic Branch Exchange (PABX) Collection|collection]] of private automatic branch exchanges | ||
* a [[CMS:Key System Collection|collection]] of [[wikipedia:Business_telephone_system#Key_telephone_system|key systems]] | * a [[CMS:Key System Collection|collection]] of [[wikipedia:Business_telephone_system#Key_telephone_system|key systems]] | ||
* a [[CMS:Low Voltage Switchboard Display|low voltage switchboard]] | |||
== Telephone exhibits == | |||
The museum contains several collections of different types of telephones: | |||
* a [[CMS:Comprehensive Phone Collection|comprehensive collection]] of phones throughout history | |||
* a [[CMS:Design Line Phone Collection|collection]] of AT&T's [[wikipedia:Design_Line_telephone|Design Line phones]] | |||
* a [[CMS:Payphone Collection|collection]] of [[wikipedia:Payphone|payphones]] | |||
* a [[wikipedia:Mobile_phone|mobile phone]] [[CMS:Mobile Phone Display|display]] | |||
== Telephone adjacent exhibits == | == Telephone adjacent exhibits == | ||
The museum contains exhibits of devices, tools, and infrastructure that is directly or indirectly related to | The museum contains exhibits of devices, tools, and infrastructure that is directly or indirectly related to telephony: | ||
* an [[CMS:Early Telephone History Display|early telephone history display]], including a working telegraph and replicas of experimental transmitters | * an [[CMS:Early Telephone History Display|early telephone history display]], including a working telegraph and replicas of experimental transmitters | ||
* [[wikipedia:AT&T_Communications_(1984–2010)#AT&T_Long_Lines|AT&T Long Lines]] [[wikipedia:Microwave_transmission|microwave transmission]] [[CMS:AT&T Long Lines Microwave Equipment|equipment]] from several stations in the Pacific Northwest | * [[wikipedia:AT&T_Communications_(1984–2010)#AT&T_Long_Lines|AT&T Long Lines]] [[wikipedia:Microwave_transmission|microwave transmission]] [[CMS:AT&T Long Lines Microwave Equipment|equipment]] from several stations in the Pacific Northwest | ||
* a [[CMS:Power Board|power board]] used to control and monitor power used by telephone switches | |||
* a [[CMS:Western Electric Appliances Collection|collection of appliances]] manufactured by Western Electric, the main manufacturer of [[wikipedia:Bell_System|Bell System]] equipment | |||
* a [[CMS:Clear Cubes Display|collection]] of telecommunications engineer tools and [[CMS:Picturephones Display|Picturephones]] | |||
* a [[CMS:Phone Lines Construction Display|phone lines construction display]] | |||
== Other telecommunications equipment == | |||
In addition to telephony, the museum covers other forms of telecommunications such as the transmission of text and data: | |||
* a [[CMS:Teletype Collection|collection]] of Teletype brand [[wikipedia:Teleprinter|teleprinters]] | * a [[CMS:Teletype Collection|collection]] of Teletype brand [[wikipedia:Teleprinter|teleprinters]] | ||
* a [[CMS:Retro Computers Display|collection]] of computers from the 1980s to 2000s | |||
Revision as of 19:35, 18 January 2025
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Connections Museum:
The Connections Museum is a museum that collects, maintains, and displays objects related to connecting people to each other, most notably telephones and telephone switching systems.
City-scale telephone switches
The museum contains several operational city-scale switching systems, most of which were originally installed in cities in the Pacific Northwest:
- a Western Electric 355 A Strowger Step-by-Step (SXS) switch
- a Western Electric Panel switch from the Rainier/Parkway Exchange
- a Western Electric No. 1 Crossbar (1XB) switch from the ?? exchange
- a North Electric CX-100 from the Battleship California, towns of Wilkeson and Lester, and Camp David and Camp Pigott in Monroe, Washington
- a Western Electric No. 5 Crossbar (1XB) switch from the Mercer Exchange
- a Western Electric 3ESS switch from the ?? exchange in Crosby, WA
- a Nortel DMS-10 switch from the ?? exchange in Huntsville, AL
Business-scale telephone systems
The museum contains several smaller scale manual and automatic switching systems:
- a collection of private branch exchanges
- a collection of private automatic branch exchanges
- a collection of key systems
- a low voltage switchboard
Telephone exhibits
The museum contains several collections of different types of telephones:
- a comprehensive collection of phones throughout history
- a collection of AT&T's Design Line phones
- a collection of payphones
- a mobile phone display
Telephone adjacent exhibits
The museum contains exhibits of devices, tools, and infrastructure that is directly or indirectly related to telephony:
- an early telephone history display, including a working telegraph and replicas of experimental transmitters
- AT&T Long Lines microwave transmission equipment from several stations in the Pacific Northwest
- a power board used to control and monitor power used by telephone switches
- a collection of appliances manufactured by Western Electric, the main manufacturer of Bell System equipment
- a collection of telecommunications engineer tools and Picturephones
- a phone lines construction display
Other telecommunications equipment
In addition to telephony, the museum covers other forms of telecommunications such as the transmission of text and data:
- a collection of Teletype brand teleprinters
- a collection of computers from the 1980s to 2000s