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Montrose, Michigan: Montrose Historical and Telephone Pioneer Museum

Michigan's only telephone museum. Visitors can sit in a phone booth, listen in on a party line, ponder mysterious tech such as the Hush-A-Phone.

Address:
144 E. Hickory St., Montrose, MI
Directions:
Downtown. From Hwy 57/State St. turn north at the stoplight onto Nichols Rd. Drive one block. Turn right onto Hickory St. Drive a hundred yards. You'll see the museum on the right.
Hours:
Su 1-4, M-Tu 9-3 (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
Phone:
810-639-6644
RA Rates:
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Montrose Historical and Telephone Pioneer Museum

Always go to the telephone museum. Many of our beautiful 50 states have one; this is one of the nicer ones I've been to.

[Roadtrip18, 08/16/2022]
Montrose Historical and Telephone Pioneer Museum

The museum is closed for an unknown time period.

[Stacy, 09/24/2020]

Telephones.

Montrose Historical and Telephone Pioneer Museum

Michigan's only telephone museum. Fantastic collection of phones, etc.

[Joe Follett, 10/15/2016]

The museum occupies the old Public Service Telephone Company of Montrose building. Visitors can sit in a phone booth, listen in on a party line, ponder mysterious tech such as the Hush-A-Phone and Calculagraph.


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