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National Communications Museum

Locality: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Address: 375 Burwood Road 3122 Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Website: http://ncmuseum.org.au

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24.01.2022 As Victoria enters its fourth day of snap lockdown, border crossings fall like dominoes and daily press conferences resume, you might be feeling a sense of déjà vu. Beat the heat and take a scroll through our latest online exhibition, Connecting Through COVID, and join us in exploring how communication has (and hasn't!) changed over the past 100 years. Available online, free. With special thanks to our exhibition content contributors: National Archives of Australia, and State Library New South Wales

23.01.2022 A Speaking Clock doesn’t just maintain itself. It’s National Volunteer Week and our technical volunteer, Bob, is working on replacing the bearings in our 1954 Mark II Speaking Clock to keep this beauty functioning. We’d like to say a big thank you to our volunteers and volunteers across the country who are working hard to keep heritage alive. The Speaking Clock is one of several activated exhibits that you can explore when we open in early 2022. But for now, check out our website to learn more about this precursor to Siri.

19.01.2022 From Morse-code to memes, telegrams to tweets, our communication has completely transformed since the last pandemic hit, 100 years ago. But our human drive to connect hasn’t gone anywhere. The National Communications Museum’s Connecting through COVID virtual exhibition explores how much and how little we’ve changed since we faced the Spanish Flu. It is now open, online. Visit virtually, for free, today. ... http://ncmuseum.org.au/connecting-through-covid

18.01.2022 That'll be the phone, Reg! Communications technology is abuzz with sounds, chimes and rings. This symphony is the background to our daily lives - but how well do you know your telephones? Comment below to name as many telephone models as you can identify from their sounds. Hint: the photographs give some but not all answers.

13.01.2022 Happy International Museums Day! This year’s theme, Recover and Reimagine, speaks to the heart of our work: preserving everyday technologies so that our visitors can imagine a better-connected future. The Research Laboratories were pioneers for a connected future in Australia, including trials of videophones as a consumer product. Where would we have been in 2020 without this technology! ... We may be closed for redevelopment, but you can still visit us online at ncmuseum.org.au. Check out our collection highlights and our online exhibition, Connecting Through Covid.

10.01.2022 Today is World Hearing Day. During Victoria’s mask mandate, costume designer Tracey Nuthall created windowed masks to better communicate with people with hearing impairment. The windows allow for lip reading and the communication of facial expressions. Explore our communications response across pandemics in our online exhibition, Connecting through COVID: https://www.ncmuseum.org.au/connecting-through-covid

09.01.2022 A special image for a special day This #InternationalWomensDay we're celebrating #WomenInSTEM across Australia's communications history. Pictured here are Margaret Henry and fellow technicians installing portable exchanges in the 1940s. Wartime saw many women enter traditionally male-dominated roles in the Postmaster-General's Department. However, the return of the male workforce, strictures of Australia's public service marriage bar and persistent gendering of careers in... STEM means images like this are rare in our archives. Keep an eye on our social media accounts this week as we share stories from the women who connected Australia.

06.01.2022 Showcasing uniquely Australian examples of connection and camaraderie, Connecting through COVID reflects on the most heart-warming moments of 2020. The National Communication Museum has collected a legacy of content, now available online for free.

03.01.2022 Violet McKenzie (1890 1982) was a woman of firsts: Australia's first female electrical engineer, first female radio operator, and first (and only) female member of the Wireless Institute of Australia. Violet McKenzie pioneered the Women’s Emergency Signalling Corps - the forerunner to the Women’s Royal Australian Navy Service - in 1939 and successfully trained over 3,000 women in Morse code, semaphore and wireless telegraphy (as pictured here). ‘Mrs Mac’s’ students went on to teach over 12,000 servicemen these vital wartime communication skills. We think Mrs Mac would be thrilled to see initiatives like @CodeLikeAGirlAU continue her legacy by empowering female coders. #IWD2021