The Frank H. Woods Telephone Museum is located at 2047 "M" Street in
Lincoln, Nebraska
Lincoln is the capital city of the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Lancaster County. The city covers with a population of 292,657 in 2021. It is the second-most populous city in Nebraska and the 73rd-largest in the United Sta ...
. Its goal is to educate the general public about the history of the telephone industry. The museum was featured in the 2008 Film ''
Yes Man'' starring
Jim Carrey. The museum opened in October 1996 with grant by the
Independent Telephone Pioneers Association and funding and support from
Aliant Communications. The museum is named in honor of the founder of the
Lincoln Telephone Company.
At the beginning of 2016, it was announced that the future of the Telephone Museum was in question. Windstream Communications, the owner of the property the museum sat on, was ending the museum's lease on March 31 since the property was within the footprint of "The Telegraph District" redevelopment. Sometime thereafter during an interview with the Lincoln Journal Star, a co-developer of the redevelopment district, Speedway Properties, expressed an interest to work with the museum. The museum held its last day and permanently closed on July 29, 2018, with the fate of the collection still unclear.
References
External links
Overlooked Lincoln: The Frank H. Woods Telephone Pioneer Museum- Star City Blog article about the museum
Museums established in 1996
Museums in Lincoln, Nebraska
Industry museums in Nebraska
Telephone museums
Telecommunications museums in the United States
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