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                           EXPERIENCE HISTORY
                   Museum of Independent Telephony

 

Play the role of a telephone operator or dial a rotary telephone at the Museum of Independent Telephony, located within the Heritage Center museum building. This hands-on experience follows the history of the telephone from Alexander Graham Bell's first message to Mr. Watson to the flip phone of recent fame. 

 

Discover the story of local entrepreneur C. L. Brown, who after having his right arm amputated following a farming accident as a youngster took his misfortune and turned it into a global empire under the United Company umbrella, founding several businesses including one that later became Sprint Telecommunications.

 

The Museum of Independent Telephony showcases the first telephone installed in Kansas in 1877 and exhibits the progression of telephone manufacturing to modern day. We tell the story of the Kansas men and women whose fine workmanship and innovation created the device that transformed the world.

The Dickinson County Historical Society is pleased to display

the history of the Independent Telephone industry through this museum

established in 1973 with the cooperation of United Telecommunications, Inc.

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412 S. Campbell St.

Abilene, KS  67410

+1 785 263 2681
omheritagecenter@gmail.com
Dickinson County Historical Society and Museum

SUMMER Hours:  April - October

  Wed-Sat               10 am to 5 pm

  Sunday                 1 pm to 5 pm

  Closed Monday & Tuesday

 

WINTER Hours: November - March

   Wed-Fri:                10 am to 5 pm

   Sat- Tue:                Closed
 

Photos on this site provided by Andrew Pankratz and Rod Riffel

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