Georgia Rural Telephone Museum

Telephone and telephone memorabilia museum in Leslie, Georgia

31°57′22″N 84°05′12″W / 31.95605°N 84.08666°W / 31.95605; -84.08666TypeTelephone and telephone memorabilia museumCollection size2000FounderTommy C. SmithWebsiteOfficial website

The Georgia Rural Telephone Museum (GRTM) is a telephone and telephone memorabilia museum located in Leslie, Georgia, United States. Housed in a renovated 1910s cotton warehouse, the GRTM is, according to 2007's Georgia Curiosities, "one of the world's largest phone museums."^[1] According to the museum itself, the size of its collection of telephones is unparalleled.^[2]

Located at 135 North Bailey Avenue, Leslie, Georgia,^[3] the GRTM is a not for profit organization. It was founded in 1995 by Tommy C. Smith.^[1]^[4] As of 2007, the museum featured 2,000 artifacts on exhibit, dating back to the 1880s.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Schemmel, William (1 January 2007). Georgia Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff. Globe Pequot. p. 78. ISBN 978-0-7627-4110-6. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
^ Fodor's (13 February 2007). Fodor's the Carolinas & Georgia. Random House, Inc. p. 395. ISBN 978-1-4000-1741-6. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
^ Schemmel (2007), p. 79.
^ Petersen, Julie K. (29 May 2002). The telecommunications illustrated dictionary. CRC Press. p. 401. ISBN 978-0-8493-1173-4. Retrieved 26 June 2010.