The Telecommunications Museum was founded in 1990 and is located in Nea Kifissia. It maintains and exhibits important collections, closely related to the history of Greek Telecommunications and OTE, as well as to the history of Greece and the evolution of society.
The permanent exhibition
The permanent exhibition extends over two levels: In the exhibition spaces on the 1st floor, visitors travel through time and learn about the telecommunication inventions of Ancient Greece, such as the Phryktories (optical transmission of messages by fire), the Acoustic and Hydraulic Telegraph (sending messages by combining fire and water), as well as the inventions of Byzantium. The tour continues with the discovery of electricity and the great inventors, the Morse telegraph, telegraphy, telephony, telephone booths, the cable ship of the OTE 'Thales the Milesian', telephotography, optical fibres and satellites.
In the new exhibition areas on the 2nd floor, the progress of the global telegraphic and telephone network is presented, the transition from manual to automatic telephony, the course of the network from analogue to digital telephone exchanges, the history of the internet internationally and in Greece, the development of mobile telephony, the history of gaming and one of the first television studios of the 1960s.
The Collections
The Collections are constantly enriched and exceed 37,000 objects and archival material (maps, telephotographs, telephone sets, Morse telegraphs, telephotographs, rare telegrams, telephone booths, advertisements, analogue telephone exchanges, wireless satellite and mobile communications, a television studio from the 1960s, 70,000 architectural drawings of OTE buildings). 90% of all collections have been digitized so that they are easily accessible to the general public and members of the research and academic community.
Educational programmes
The programmes (school and family) are educational and recreational in nature, inspired by telecommunications, and take place every year from October to May free of charge. They are aimed at all levels of education, families, individual visitors and special public groups, and are held at the Museum and online.
A Digital Museum
The Museum's digital applications, such as AR (augmented reality), VR (virtual reality), QR, the variety of digital tools offered through the Museum's website, such as guided tour, 4 virtual tours, as well as the Museum’s Instagram, constitute the key means for digital inclusion and accessibility for all. They strengthen the museum's communication with all audiences by leveraging the content of the collections.