Live Free or Dial

Presenter: Megan Hurley

Explore the history of telecommunications with The New Hampshire Telephone Museum! This program is adaptable for both youth and adult audiences:

Youth programs: The New Hampshire Telephone Museum Storytime! There are three stories to choose from - the telephone, sound waves, or the telegraph.  Read a story with our educator, make a Bee Buzzer, thumbprint birds, or a morse code bracelet, play a game, explore vintage phones, telegraphs, and other hands-on activities. 

Adult program: The New Hampshire Telephone Museum houses a tangible history of telecommunications with over 1,000 artifacts. This presentation will highlight important moments in telephone history, such as the race to the patent office, the switchboard and party lines, and the undertaker who invented the dial system. People will be able to watch a Powerpoint tour around the museum and handle vintage phones from different time periods including a candlestick, rotary, and liquid telephone to name a few.