Museum for Communication Frankfurt — Attraction in Frankfurt

A nice experience visiting this place. Carefully curated and well preserved in a non chronological order. (The lady on floor who gave me the introduction of the exhibition told it is laid randomly in a non chronological order. I was initially confused, thinking why? This must be a perfect thing to lay in a chronological order, but after my full tour, it was beyond my understanding how this could have been done in a chronologically order)

Most of the descriptive data sets both text and audio were presented in German and English both. I opened my Google lens app only 4 to 5 times for translating some specific text in an image only.

It was very disturbing to know how tech was used in some period of the holocaust for record keeping, also were disturbing the telegrams and other records from the titanic.

History of laying of undersea communication cables, getting to see the cross section of different cables was very intresting as well.

The glossy polished well restored wooden tv sets and the working analogue telephone exchange were another highlight.

the list might not end for a history person like me. Not at all overpriced. Some things like the mail sorter were under maintenance which would have been great to see in working. a few audio descriptions were non working as well.

overall a good place to invest a minimum of 3.5 to 4 hours to increase your knowledge about the history of...

Wow! When I say this is quite the museum for the communication/technology nerd. I mean it. All descriptions around the museum are available in English as well as German. In addition to the vast amount of artifacts on display from the age of stone tablets to the smart phone era, they have authentic real working machines that they are happy to demonstrate is you ask. For example, they have a mail sorting machine, a rotary/dial telephone exchange that you can actually witness the mechanics of for each number you dial, and even a simple hand crank phone system. Highly recommended you come here with a friend because many of the interactive exhibits, believe it or not, are meant to demonstrate communication between 2 or more parties! But that said I came alone and still had a ton of fun. Only thing I noticed missing was any details on pneumatic tube systems? A miss for the museum? or more likely I missed it in the incredible vastness of...

What a wonderful experience! I must've spent about 5.5hrs here, predominantly in their main exhibition. 6 Euros entry, but they can't take foreign credit cards (?) so cash required. Audio guide is free to download and there is WiFi, but it misses a lot of the modules and all the information is in the German and English text. The vast majority of text has been translated, but not much of the audio displays. There is so much here on the postal service, radios, telegrams, telephones, TV, propaganda, music, cryptography. So so much, it was such an educational and interesting day out. I can't seem to add photos, but if I could have, there would have been one of the interactive...