A glimpse into the history of telecommunication
Phone
+40 747 408 005
Address
Sfântu Gheorghe
str. Kriza János, nr. 4
info@teletar.ro
Opening hours
Monday: closed
Tuesday: 9AM-1PM
Wednesday: 9AM-1PM
Thursday: 9AM-6PM
Friday: 9AM-1PM
Saturday: by advanced booking
Sunday: by advanced booking
Special out-of-hours tours available - advance booking required
Activities
TeleTár offers the below services:
showcasing equipment
technical sessions
learn and use the Morse code
presentations
science movies and documentaries
school field trips
Mission statement
The goal of Teletár is to acquire, preserve, and display the historical telecommunications equipment of Szeklerland, such as transmitters, receivers, audio and video recording devices and other related hardware.
Teletár will promulgate and disseminate the heritage of the telecommunications industry and be a resource for those interested in that history, including both children and adults.
The institution
About us
Teletár is the preserver of the telecommunication equipments of the Telecommunication Heritage of Szeklerland Association. The collection was donated to the association by engineering professor Ernő Csáky.
The Institution continuously collects, restores and displays old radios, TVs and other telecommunication equipments with the purpose to expand the initial collection.
The Telecommunication Heritage of Szeklerland Association was founded in the spirit of preserving the heritage. The founders undertook the maintenance responsibilities of the entire collection.
The Institution’s main goal is to collect, identify, catalogue, store, preserve and display the equipments and artifacts that have played an important role of the evolution of telephony and telecommunication.
"Let us cherish our memories, therefore gather them so as not to have them lost forever, and thus the past be more empty, the present be poorer and the future be more uncertain."
Arnold Ipolyi
premises
Rooms
The Showroom is an interactive exhibit offering hands-on visitor experiences by allowing the guests to try the displayed equipment.
The Training Room hosts electronics courses for beginner and intermediate groups, covering theory (getting to know basic equipment – measuring instruments, generators) and practical skills (soldering, error checking) as well.
The training room also hosts the various small group activities, like presentations, workshops, classes, school field trips, science movies and documentaries, experiments, Morse code courses, amateur radio activities, DIY electrical work, repairing of home appliances, or – by arrangement – the organization of other technical activities.
The Library contains our textbook collection, which can be browsed on-site or borrowed upon request. The archives of the former local television (STV) are also stored and digitalized here. Old discs, audio- and videotapes can be listened to and watched in the Library.
Partners
- Tivadar Puskás Vocational School
- Székely National Museum
- Pál Haszmann Museum, Cernat
- The Hunting Exhibition of Szeklerland, Sfantu Gheorghe
- Telecommunications and Information Museum, Bucharest
- Museum of Hungarian Military Telecommunications, Budapest
- Radio Collectors Club of Hungary, Budapest
- Postal Museum, Budapest
- Radio Club of Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest
- Computer Science Museum, Szeged
- Dél-Alföldi Postal History Foundation, Szentes
Teletár was founded with support from the Sfantu Gheorghe City Council
Our TEAm
Impressum
Csaba Tóth-Birtan
Telecommunication Heritage of Szeklerland Association
Ernő Csáky
Telecommunication Heritage of Szeklerland Association
Csongor Beke
Teletár