Roseville Telephone Museum
An Excellent Collection of Vintage & Antique Telephones & Memorabilia
The Roseville telephone museum has an excellent collection of vintage and antique telephones, as well as antique telecommunication memorabilia. The museum also features an in-house telephone repair shop, an archive of more than two thousand telephonists and thousands of other types of communication equipment. The museum is operated and maintained by Consolidated Communication, which is owned and operated by Consolidated Telephone.
“The phone museum was created in 1957 as part of a merger between Roseville’s Consolidated and Pacific Bell,” according to the phone museum. “Operated and maintained by Consolidated, the museum has one of the largest collections of antique telephone equipment in the country. The displays in the four, 500 square-foot museum reflects more than a hundred years of communications technology.” 
The telephone museum is located at the West Sacramento branch of California’s Pacific Bell. During a guided tour of this museum, visitors can take a look at an array of antique telephones that are available for viewing. Many antique and special occasion telephones are featured in a display on the West Sacramento branch.
In addition to the telephone museum itself, you can also tour the telephone repair shop that is housed in an area of the museum called “Ceramic Memories” in which vintage telephone parts from the past are displayed. Visitors to the museum are encouraged to get up and walk around the museum to get a closer look at all of the antique phones that are on display. The telephone repair shop is a great place to find all types of telephones, including the famous “Pogo.” The shop is open twenty-four hours and is open to the public.
The telephone museum also features an archive of more than two thousand telephones and thousands of other types of communication equipment from across the country, including telephones manufactured in Placer County. and even some from the state of New York. The telephone museum is located in Placer County, California and is open to the public twenty-four hours.
“It is a pleasure to visit the telephone museum and to experience its many interesting exhibits,” said the phone museum’s secretary, Dr. Mary Ellen Roesler. “The staff makes it easy for visitors to learn about telephone service from the earliest telephones to the latest mobile phones. It is a wonderful way to educate children as they explore the history of communication technology in general and the historical significance of older and newer technologies in particular.”
The museum also serves as a store for its visitors. It houses a variety of interesting items including: phone books; a collection of telephone accessories; an assortment of accessories that are not commonly found on today’s telephones; and a telephone repair shop where users can ask for advice. And receive the necessary assistance. The museum also displays an archive of telephonic news bulletins that contain important information about the telephone industry. As well as historical data and photographs. This museum also houses a library that contains books on telephone operations and information on the history of telephoning. You can also download and watch historical information on the history of telephony in California from this library.