Telstra Museum

A real gem for all interested in history of telecom or just history of Brisbane and Queensland generally :)

Volunteers doing amazing work, both with very pleasant and informative guided tour and also by keeping the equipment in working order.

Highest recommendations!

Great history and equipment from the telegraph, telegrams, post and telephone. Volunteers add a lot to the displays. At least two hours are needed. Air conditioning works well so a great place to escape humidity with plenty of offstreet parking around the back.

Hidden gem! Lots of working exhibits and an entertaining walkthrough by a knowledgeable guide. A great insight into the history of communications in Australia over the last 150 years. 100% recommend for everyone.

Originally had gone to take a look around but didn't realise there was a team of volunteers there to help guide us around and answer all our questions. It was a very valuable experience and it was great to see how technology progressed over the years. I would highly recommend visiting.

Really enjoyed this place, staff where great and gave awesome tour, love seeing all the old phones, the guides knew what they where talking about as they had actually worked with the majority of the old equipment. Gold coin dontaion to get in. Well worth it.

Thanks for the memories what a wonderful museum full of communication history a lot of equipment I've worked on in my years with pmg Telecom telstra noticed a car in the driveway and was welcomed in on a Friday thank you

Excellent display of historical telecommunications equipment with passionate volunteers who go out of their way to make your experience well worth the trip. Please remember to donate some gold coins as you leave.

Peter and James did an excellent job of showing us around the museum, and explaining the world of wonderful technologies inside.

Fantastic visit. The volunteers have a ton of knowledge. Learnt everything from the start of the telegram and Morse code.

Fantastic experience, highly recommend.

Lyndley was a star guide! My friends and I had a great time learning all about telephones, the older ones from the 1800s were definitely our favourite! Super cool and can’t wait to come back with my other friends!

The Telstra Museum contains an amazing amount of historical telecommunications equipment. From telegraphs to pagers, Morse code to facsimile, there's an amazing amount of history in this place.

The volunteers offering tours are knowledgeable and passionate about this often-overlooked part of history that is now commonplace. This is definitely a recommended stop on any museum map!

We had a fantastic time today! Lyndley our guide was fantastic and knowledgeable and we really appreciate the time you spent with us and allowing my boy to test out the phones and equipment. Thank you to Anthony too for Nate’s special message and paper. A lovely day with lovely volunteers. Have a great Christmas!

Fun for family, historically technologically informative.
Very knowledgeable volunteers.

Anthony gave my friend and I a great tour. He was very knowledgeable and demonstrated many of the phones, devices and machines for us. The experience was very interactive and interesting. We had no idea what to expect walking in but it was worth the visit!

Decided to take a day off work and visit, Such a great bunch of people the volunteers are amazing and some very good displays

Will be suggesting my tech mates visit also

Only is open on Wednesdays from 9-3pm. Lovely tour guides with plenty of experience and knowledge to share! Worth popping in if you're looking for a free activity to do and interested in Brisbane/Australian history.

Fantastic museum, plenty of items on display. Gold coin donation, easy off street parking. Volunteers are ex PMG, telecom, Telstra workers and very passionate and knowledgeable. Great working equipment you can play with. Highly recommend a visit. Open Wednesday's only

While initially reluctant to go, the Telstra Museum turned out to be a real eye-opening educational experience for my wife and I. Who knew that decades ago Telstra actually provided genuine customer service to their customer base? For those of us who have grown up in the Filipino Call-centre Labyrinth era, this was truly an insightful revelation.

Last Wednesday 30/10/19 the Probus Club of Coorparoo went for a tour of the Telstra Museum, believe me, this is well worth the 2 hour tour. We started off with a 40 minute video lecture, which at times was quite funny, looking back and going through the ages of Telecommunication. This is a working Museum and there are telephones from 1878, Morse Code Demonstrations, Switchboards ( working units) Teleprinters and Telex machines.
Don had organised our tour, and all the other men who are volunteers do a wonderful job and they enjoy their hobby which makes it so interesting.
Thank you for an interesting afternoon, our Members really enjoyed your tour.

A great look back into telecommunications history in Brisbane and Australia.
Took me back to my days as an apprentice.
Lots of Retro gadgets.