Museum für Kommunikation Hamburg
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The Museum für Kommunikation Hamburg (lit. museum of communication) is a museum related to telecommunication
and postal service in Hamburg
, Germany. The museum is owned by the Museumsstiftung Post und Telekommunikation (lit. foundation for museums of postal service and telecommunication). It is closed to visitors since 19 October 2009.
The collection places emphasis on the difficulties of communication on sea, the museum participates in the Long Night of Museums
.
Telecommunication
Telecommunication is the transmission of information over significant distances to communicate. In earlier times, telecommunications involved the use of visual signals, such as beacons, smoke signals, semaphore telegraphs, signal flags, and optical heliographs, or audio messages via coded...
and postal service in Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
, Germany. The museum is owned by the Museumsstiftung Post und Telekommunikation (lit. foundation for museums of postal service and telecommunication). It is closed to visitors since 19 October 2009.
The collection places emphasis on the difficulties of communication on sea, the museum participates in the Long Night of Museums
Long Night of Museums
The Long Night of Museums or the Night of Museums is a cultural event organized together by multiple museums and cultural institutions in a location during which the establishments remain open late into the night...
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External links
- Website. Retrieved on 2009-10-30.