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26. Jun. 2009

An Exquisite Egg Timer

On 1st July 2009 the museum shop is presenting in its assortment a beautiful piece of technology of glass and brass from grandmother's time. The product is not new, but very original: A Master Clock. Formerly it was reserved for the telephone operators - now it may become an exquisite egg timer in your kitchen.   

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05. May. 2009

A Great Tele Tree

When entering the foyer of Post & Tele Museum the wonderful sight of a 5½ metres tall tree meets the eye. Its green crown and the twittering birds flying high up in the air might lead our visitors to believe that they have gone astray and stepped directly from Købmagergade into a forest.   

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05. May. 2009

How many Cows does an E-mail Pollute, Mum?

An ordinary Facebook profile like that of former Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, takes up only 0.6 MB of the space in the apparently infinite Cyberspace. It does not sound much - but it costs 1 g CO2 per view.  

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09. Apr. 2009

Close Race between Texting and Morse in Historic Combat

Telegraphy, Telephony

It took 7 rounds to clarify who communicate most rapidly: young quick-fingered texters or hardened telegraph operators? 

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01. Feb. 2009

Helloo - Designer on the Line

Telephony

Nordic telephone design has presented one world famous model after the other. From the progenitor of all telephones, Ericsson's Skeleton in 1892 to Jacob Jensen's omnipresent model 76E, and not least the Finnish mobile giant, Nokia, which was in the front for decades when it came to design of as well shape as contents. 

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20. Nov. 2008

Stories from Købmagergade I

Post, Telegraphy, Telephony

The Copenhagen Post Yard in Købmagergade has been functioning since 1780 and is consequently the oldest Danish post office still in operation. In the course of the years, it has grown to comprise the entire group of buildings behind the house numbers 33-37. Now the buildings are for sale and the museum is therefore busy documenting the history of the house. 

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20. Nov. 2008

Trotskij was here! - Stories from Købmagergade II

Broadcasting, Telephony

Two photos in Post & Tele Museum's archives reveal one of the places of sojourn of the Russian revolutionary leader Lev Trotsky when he visited Denmark in November 1932. 

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