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A Time Before Phones: The Inventions Leading Up to the Telephone
Morse/Vail telegraph key, 1844. This key was used to send the message “What Hath God Wrought” on the experimental line between Washington, DC and Baltimore, Maryland. (Smithsonian Photo by Alfred...
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How Long Distance Calls Work: Calling a Country Far, Far Away
Image of the Telstar communications satellite (THG file photo).If you’ve been around long enough to truly remember the 1970s, or even the 1980s, and you made any sort of long distance calls overseas,...
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How Cordless and Cell Phones Work: The Science Behind Untethered...
An AT&T cordless phone (Telecommunications Virtual Museum file photo). No More Cords! For decades the telephone became more and more popular, until it became one of the center points of most...
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How Phones Work: The Basic Science Behind Telephones
Liquid transmitter, over which the first articulate sentence (“Mr. Watson, come here! I want you!”) was spoken over an electric telephone, on March 10, 1876 (THG file photo). “Hey! Is this thing on?!”...
View ArticleKING 5 News’ Spotlight Video About the Seattle Connections Museum
KING 5 News Seattle produced a spotlight video highlighting the Seattle Connections Museum and the launch of some of our new exhibits. In the video, KING 5’s Ted Land features the AT&T videophone...
View ArticleConnections Museum Seattle Open House
Connections Museum Seattle held a successful Open House on July 15 & 16, hosting nearly 150 people over the two days. We celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Seattle museum with newly organized...
View ArticleTwenty Thousand Hertz Podcast – #63 Phone Tones
Twenty Thousand Hertz tells stories behind the world’s most recognizable and interesting sounds. This episode explores how touch tone dialing changed communication forever. Enjoy this quirky look into...
View ArticleCGTN America’s Report on the First Wireless Phone
CGTN's Phil Lavelle takes a look back at the first wireless phone with an interview at the Connections Museum Seattle. Ed Mattson shows us where it all began with the first space age cordless telephone...
View ArticleVideo Interviews with THG Founder Herb Hackenburg
We were saddened to learn that Telecommunications History Group’s founder and first Executive Director Herb Hackenburg passed away on March 2nd of 2020. By researching and writing his history book From...
View ArticleTHG’s Connections Museum featured on NPR morning show
NPR reporter Brian Mann visited THG’s museum in Seattle in April, and was inspired to create a radio report about what he heard and saw. You can read and listen to the story on NPR’s website. The post...
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