The telephone museum was a walk through the past literally and figuratively. When walking down the halls you can feel the history of the place. You see the progress of technology as the telephones began as primitive objects that progressively become more complex pieces of machinery. The exhibits depict the lives of families and how their daily life involved the telephone. In many ways telephones have gotten simpler and more complicated at the same time. They have gone from bulky things that require some skill to use; as you have to wear the device to use it, to easier manipulated rotary units. And to still simpler devices that are portable, wireless phones. Finally to the cellular telephones that we know today. These are easier to use, but also take more skill to work. Easier to use in that they are completely wireless phones that don't have a base unit plugged in to the wall, but more difficult in that they require programming and thorough knowledge of the phone to utilize the many unique functions of the modern cell phone (cell phone programming). In the museum you also can follow the technological progress of the maintenance of the modern telephone. From the primitive pole climbing boot hooks to the more modern lift trucks that you see in use today. At the museum you can also find a complete history of telephone wires and cables. The museum also had information on how all the wires were installed (wire installation). Along with all the other contents wiring has its own unique history told frame by frame by the different exhibits. The exhibits in general were very informative to the use and history of each unique object. It was also very impressive to learn that almost all of the exhibits and their contents were donated to the museum by different people who cared enough to preserve a small piece of history. That is what the essence of the museum was, a small part of a collective history, that by the efforts of those who contributed to the museum, can benefit anyone who cares to venture to see the historical contents of the telephone museum.