Beijing Century World Old Telephone Museum

　　The Beijing Century World Old Telephone Museum, invested and founded in 2006, is China's only museum dedicated entirely to telephones. The museum houses a collection of over 2,000 telephone models from dozens of countries around the world, spanning more than 100 years since the invention of the telephone, as well as over 2,000 precious historical documents and images, and other related items. Its collection comprehensively and systematically reflects the century-long global development of the telephone since its invention in the 1870s.

　　The Beijing Century World Old Telephone Museum is located on the 4th floor of Taifu Building, No. Y10 Dewai Street, Xicheng District, Beijing. It is China's only specialized museum on telephones that presents the global development of telephony. The telephone collections gathered here span over 100 countries and regions across six continents, and include products from nearly 50 countries that have made outstanding contributions to the development of the telephone, featuring hundreds of brands.

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　　In addition to telephones, the museum also has stamps from nearly 100 countries featuring telephone themes, telephone cards from dozens of countries with telephone-related designs, several hundred telephone directories from different periods, regions, and provinces, cities, or institutions in China that reflect the evolution of telephony, as well as thousands of other related items and valuable historical materials that bear witness to the development of the telephone. Furthermore, the Beijing Century World Old Telephone Museum has developed a series of cultural and creative products centered around telephones (telecommunication devices) to serve the public.

　　The telephone is a great invention that has benefited all of humanity. As we enjoy the convenience of transcending time and space that telephones bring today, we should not only marvel at the wisdom of our predecessors but also remember the hard work and dedication they invested in developing telephone communication technology. Understanding the history of the telephone is the best way for us to honor and respect those who came before us.

　　Source: Beijing Municipal Commission of Tourism Development