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    • ABOUT
    • AU 1900-1960
    • AU 1960-2000
    • AU FULL LIST
    • AU PHONE BOXES
    • AU PRIVATE PAYPHONES
    • BRITISH PAYPHONES
    • BRITISH PHONE BOXES
    • HOME
      • About
    • LINKS
    • US PHONE BOOTHS
AT&T Bell System
Western Electric
Bell System
US-KS-14611AIRLIGHT BOOTH
US-KS-16797FOUR PANEL BOOTH
Universal Booth
US-KS-19206INDOOR CURVED
Curved-Door Booth
US-KS-19267INDOOR SHELF
US-KS-19340 Wood Booth
US-KS-19425Universal II Booth
US-KS-19426CORNER INDOOR
US-KS-19442Deluxe Glass Telephone Booth
US-KS-19580Airlight II Booth
US-KS-19945Small-Talk Shelf
US-KS-20255Diamond Kiosk
US-KS-20842“Sentry” Public Telephone Enclosure
Western Electric Timber
US-WE-05Western Electric type 5 phone booth
US-WE-06Western Electric type 6 phone booth
US-WE-09AWestern Electric type 9A phone booth
US-WE-11Western Electric type 11 phone booth
US-WE-17WE type 17-type booth (3 DOOR)
Benner Nawman
US-BN150BN150 Aluminum Booth
US-BN800BN800 Vanguard egg
US-BN250HBN250H Booth
US-BN400BN400 Booth
US-BN500H-1BN500H-1 Booth
US-BN500ABN500A Booth
US-BN600LBN600L Booth
US-BN858BN858 Phone Shelter
US-BN7500ABenner Nawman pedestals
ADCO
US-AD-120ADCO 120 Diplomat booth RBOC enclosure
US-AD-15ADCO 15 Acousti-Call Compact Shelf
US-AD-20LADCO 20L and ADCO 107
JARO BOOTHS
US-J-070-&-J-090
US-J-100 JARO MINOR TYPES
US-J-400A
US-J-420
US-J-450
US-J-800
US-J-P109
Some other ones…
US-MF-01The Pearl- made by MFG Co.
US-MF-02 NIX MILLER Pedestal
US-MF-03Clark Specialty enclosures
US-MF-09104-DT PLEXIGLASS ROOF ON PEDESTAL Myrmidon Corp.
US-MF-10Titan phones NY
US-MF-11Fortec 2000

Archive

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  • September 2025
  • August 2025
  • July 2025
  • June 2025
  • May 2025

Categories

  • Adco
  • Aluminium telephone box
  • Associated Automation/Elliot Automation
  • ATM (Automatic Telephone Manufacturing Company)
  • Australia
  • Automatic Electric (USA)
  • Benner Nawman
  • British Payphone
  • British Telephone Box
  • Card Phone
  • Cast Iron Phone Box
  • China
  • Club Phone
  • COCOT
  • Coin Collector
  • Concrete Phone Box
  • CT3
  • Denmark
  • Early
  • Elcotel
  • Enclosure
  • Experimental
  • Free Standing
  • Germany
  • GPO/BT (British Telecom)
  • GPT (GEC-Plessey)
  • Gray
  • GTE
  • Head Box
  • Japan
  • JC Decaux
  • Landis & Gyr
  • Manufacture Place
  • Mounting
  • Northern Electric (later Nortel)
  • One Slot / Fortress
  • Painted or Stainless Steel
  • Phone Box
  • PMG/Telstra (Australia)
  • Private
  • Protel
  • Quadrum
  • Quortech
  • Schlumberger
  • Siemens (Germany)
  • Spain
  • STC (Standard Telephones and Cable
  • Supervised
  • Sweden
  • Taiwan
  • Telephone Box
  • Three Slot
  • Timber Phone Box
  • Uncategorized
  • United Kingdom
  • US Phone Booth
  • USA
  • Usage
  • Variable Tariff
  • Wall Mounted
  • Western Electric / AT&T / Bell System

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Sat/Sun: 10.00 a 20.00
Monday: Closed.

The Museum is closed to the public on May 1, June 27, December 24, 25 and 31, 2023, and January 1, 2024.

Admission is free of charge.

Group Visits

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Audioguide

An approach to the Museum’s collection through thirteen audio tracks referring to great sculptural works made by pre-Hispanic, European and Argentine cultures.

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    • ABOUT
    • AU 1900-1960
    • AU 1960-2000
    • AU FULL LIST
    • AU PHONE BOXES
    • AU PRIVATE PAYPHONES
    • BRITISH PAYPHONES
    • BRITISH PHONE BOXES
    • HOME
      • About
    • LINKS
    • US PHONE BOOTHS
 

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