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Things you could actually do
Film, photograph, write, edit
Help us explain what we hold — writing, graphics, video editing, producing content for social media.
Catalogue & research
Our archive has documents waiting to be catalogued and filed, and equipment histories still to be researched and written up.
Build and learn
Help us build displays, whether its an electromechanical exchange or a fibre optics demo
Hands-on help
Moving and looking after real equipment. A van, a spare afternoon and a willingness to lift things is all it takes.
Studying, or just starting out?
If you're a student — engineering, history, media, design, anything — and want something real to work on, get in touch and tell us what you'd like to try. You'll be working with genuine equipment from the history of the phone network, not a case study.
Part of a Scout group, a DofE programme or a society? See our page for groups and projects.
Know how it worked first-hand?
If you worked on equipment like ours — System X, Strowger, Crossbar, TXE — your knowledge is worth more to us than anything we could research. We're especially keen to hear from anyone who worked on System X.
No forms, no sign-up. Email us and tell us a bit about yourself and what you'd like to help with.
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