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Seconding how incredible the Connections telecom history museum is. I'm scared for them too, as they're definitely on a shoestring compared to the LCM -- I thi
by Wingman4l7 6y ago
Seconding how incredible the Connections telecom history museum is. I'm scared for them too, as they're definitely on a shoestring compared to the LCM -- I think they were only open one day a week and staffed heavily (if not completely) by volunteers.
- extrapickles 6y agoThey also have annoying power requirements (48v, 1000A) to run all of the legacy phone equipment, making it even more difficult to move. Their current landlord provides that to them as they are taking up the top floors of a phone company switch office (building was built for old gear which took up a lot more space and power).
- chronomex 6y agoHi there! Connections Museum volunteer here. We're on good terms with our landlords (CenturyLink). While we are 100% volunteer run, we also are part of an independent non-profit, the Telecommunications History Group. We've been keeping busy during quarantine, working on all kinds of restoration projects, and look forward to being able to give tours when that's safe again. For now you'll have to get by with our youtube channel. And our power draw is more in the neighborhood of 200A than 1000A :) With respect to moving, the greater challenges are that everything is hard-wired together (not connectorized) and we'd need a space with 13+ foot ceilings that allows high floor loading.