The Telecom Museum at Bhopal

A visionary telecom expert, Mr. R. N. Goyal, lead the set up this unique museum to tell the story of evolution of telecommunications in general and that in India. The main aim of this Telecom Museum is to introduce evolution of Indian Telecommunication to the people of India. This will excite the inquisitiveness of persons who are curious about the History of Science and Technology, the Telecommunication specifically.


This Telecom Museum is first of its kind in the country was inaugurated on 18th August 1995 by Shri P. S. Saran, Member Services, Telecom Commission Delhi and Ex- Officio Seceratry to the Govt. of India, Ministry of Communication The Telecom Museum which is situated in the office of the Chief General Manager. Telecom Madhya Pradesh Circle at Hoshangabad Road, Bhopal is an excellent mixture of old and new communication machines that have helped humanity to bring the world closer.


All communication equipments in this Museum are pulsating with electrified life and speak about the 150 years of glorified hisotry of Indian Telecom.The Museum contains rare machines like first Telegraph system and old obsolete Telephone Exchange that have
become antiques, now these form part of the museum. There are rare displays of SOS Telegrams sent by Commandars of East India Company about 1857 Revolution, photographs of Sir Graham Bell, the Inventor of Telephone, Father of Satellite communication first satellite earth station of the world. There is the History of Indian Telecommunication on display. A link between the past and the future, the museum displays most ancient and most modem telecommunication equipments to-days and the great use of all these machines. It will be a great treat for everyone young or old man or woman, scientist or Artist!
The Madhya Pradesh Telecommunications has plans to convert this into a National Telecom. Museum in Madhya Pradesh at Near Arera Exchange, Bhopal to make this dream into a reality