Connections Museum, Seattle

Spotted in an old telephone book? Not really. :)

Stop in for a guided tour this Sunday and learn how this switchboard and step switch work ...

It will be hot outside when we give tours this Sunday but a bit cooler in the museum. To keep things cool we definitely won't be testing out the Western Electric toaster or mini oven!

Picking up the handset is the easy part.

If you like seeing thousands of wires (and learning a bit about what they did), come to the Connections Museum for a tour on Sunday.

Stop by for a tour when the museum is open tomorrow (Sunday) from 10 to 3.

Yes we're open for guided tours this Sunday from 10-3. Come in and learn about telephones, telephone switching ... and what this device did.

The selecting bar and fingers from a crossbar switch are shown removed from a switch. See how these work at the Connections Museum.

You can count on us being open today from 10 to 3.

The news reports are correct. We are open today from 10 to 3!

When you take a guided tour* be sure to find out what these commutators do.

*Guided tours given on Sundays. Arrive between 10am and 1:30pm.

Uncle Sam wants YOU to try out a phone at the Connections Museum!*

*When we are open on Sunday, from 10am to 3pm.

History buffs will love our new video on the Civil Defense Air Raid sirens!

The Secret Telephones for Nuclear War In the 1950s, the Civil Air Raid Warning System was once commonplace in American life, but has since been slowly dismantled and fallen out of use. Thanks to ...

Here's another interesting item in our collection. Who knows what the base is for? We've blacked out the label that gives the answer.

Hint: One might say it was almost 100 years ahead of its time.

Added second picture with the label showing ...

The Connections Museum has many items other than telephones and switches. The item pictured below is in the process of being restored. Can anyone figure out what it is part of?

Yes, it was KING 5's RCA Image Orthicon. New picture added (and more soon) ...

Added pictures from the Orthicon booklet that's attached to the camera. Meet Orville the Orth!

Another one of the 30-plus working phones you can try out when you tour the Connections Museum on a Sunday.

Check out the story that Brendan Kiley of the Seattle Times just wrote about our Museum.

From old phones to volunteers, everything clicks at The Connections Museum The Connections Museum in Georgetown is filled with telecommunications technology from the ages, and a close-knit group of volunteers who keep it all humming.

It's big! It's orange and brown! It boots up!

Come take a guided tour at the museum on Sunday. We open at 10. If you forgot to bring a quarter to use the pay phone on the left, we usually have an extra one for you.

PRESS RELEASE: The Connections Museums is closed for New Years. Visit us again on Sunday, January 7th.

Reminder: The museum is CLOSED this Sunday (Dec. 24th) and also next Sunday (Dec. 31st). We'll see you in the new year on Sunday, January 7th!

To keep you busy until then, figure out what word ends with the R shown in this picture.

Come see some old phones! The Museum is open for tours this Sunday from 10 to 3. Best to arrive before 1:30 to have enough time.

Reminder to those of you thinking about visiting us this month: the museum will be closed on Sunday, December 24, and Sunday, December 31.