Abilene, Kansas -
Museum of Independent Telephony
Part of the county museum, the collection is items from the history of telephones and telecommunications that were not controlled by Ma Bell. See the switchboard used at President Eisenhower's retirement farm!
- Address:
- 412 S. Campbell, Abilene, KS
- Directions:
- Three blocks east of S. Buckeye Ave./Hwy 15, in the Heritage Center of Dickinson County, behind the Eisenhower Center.
- Hours:
- M-F 8:30 am - 4:30 pm. (Call to verify)
- Phone:
- 785-263-2681
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The Museum of Independent Telephony pays tribute to the world of the non-Bell System phone companies that connected communities in the Midwest and West. Abilene was the home of an independent, the Brown Telephone Company, which became United Telephone Company, and eventually morphed into Sprint.
The museum includes a recreation of an old telephone exchange, displays of glass insulators and a variety of vintage phones. Visitors are encouraged to touch the exhibits. [Roadsideamerica.com Team, 11/29/2003]
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