We specialise in communications technology from the pre-electric optical telegraph used in the Napoleonic Wars to the latest state-of-the-art webcams and cameras for mobile phones, currently featured in the Guinness Book of World Records!
The Museum has a major collection — over 40 tonnes — of artefacts covering electrostatics, telegraphy, telephony, audio, radio, television and video and IT… as well as some early experimental radar, satellite, photographic and printing equipment plus a technical library of scientific literature and related documentation.
We mount themed exhibitions throughout the summer months, which are designed to stimulate, entertain and educate the public. In order to display the many different facets of our collection, we change our exhibitions at regular intervals
We run a very popular series of monthly lectures on a wide variety of subjects. We are also developing an education programme, aimed at encouraging young people to consider careers in science and engineering.
