Linda D.
3/9/2019
BFF a stopped in on a cold rainy afternoon. There was a warm waiting. It was fun to see the phones and reminisce about our phone memories. Not leaving the house because you were waiting for a...
Jefferson Barracks Telephone Museum
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12 Hancock Ave
Saint Louis, MO 63125
The Jefferson Barracks Telephone Museum is housed in a beautifully restored 1896 building that is on the National Register of Historic Places. It is located in the 426-acre historic Jefferson Barracks Park which is a 15-minute drive south of downtown Saint Louis. The self-guided, accessible museum has many hands-on, how-things-work displays. In addition to the extensive collection of telephones manufactured from the 1800s through 2000s, the museum also contains: • A working Central Office Step Switch. • Operator switchboards. • Military telephones from WWI through the Gulf War. • Hundreds of pieces of telephone-related equipment and tools. • Hundreds of pieces of telephone-related memorabilia from the 1880s through the 2000s. • A large variety of novelty telephones. Admission: $5 Adults, $4 Seniors; $3 Children ages 5 to 12; Free Children ages 4 and under. Free parking is available directly behind the museum.
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Allison F.
4/23/2023
Came here for a tour and had a good time! I grew up in STL and never knew about this! Very nice workers/ they offered us a 45 min tour that ended up over 1.5 hours...the tour guide could talk...
Angela C.
5/7/2022
This museum has a wide variety of telephones and equipment from 1800s to the present. The tour guide is very informative and knows a lot about the telephones on display. Well worth seeing
Myrtle M.
3/23/2023
Cool little museum! We spent two hours here with a guided tour and it was fantastic. We learned a lot, reminisced some, and learned some history that we never knew. Well worth the time!
Richard F.
6/16/2018
If you ever wanted to learn something about telephones this is the place. We were visiting the city and with the temps in the high 90's we were looking for a place we could enjoy and get out of...
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