OTE Group Telecommunications Museum

General Description

The OTE Group Telecommunications Museum, a corporate and technological museum founded in 1990, is housed in a two-storey building in Nea Kifissia.

Through its exceptional collections, the Museum highlights the evolution of one of the most important sectors of technology, telecommunications, while at the same time telling the story of OTE, which is closely linked to Greece and its development. This year it celebrates 35 years of operation and 15 years of educational programmes, offering annually more than 300 educational programmes and activities for school groups and families.

The Telecommunications Museum, through its program "A World of Stories," continues this year for the 14th year to offer educational programs and activities for schools and families! Visitors can participate in art and STEM workshops, communication games, theatrical performances, informative activities, storytelling workshops and guided tours. On the renovated 2nd floor, new themes are presented, such as analogue and digital centers, Internet, Gaming and mobile telephony. For the 4th consecutive year, the Museum "travels" online to remote schools in the region with the art programme "The Museum in our suitcase". Participation in all the Museum's activities is free of charge! There are also family programs, a permanent exhibition and video games and their history.

Activities

The Telecommunications Museum has a number of interesting activities and educational programs such as: 

The educational programs that will take place at the Museum on Sunday, February 2, 2025, are the following :

1.STEM workshop "Robots in Space

⏰ 10:30 - 12:00 | For children 6-9 years old

What is the role of robots in space?

Through interactive activities, children learn how robots help humans explore space using advanced telecommunication tools. Using educational robotics materials, they create remote-controlled robotic space vehicles and embark on their first space mission, collecting rocks from distant planets.

2.STEM workshop "Message from Mars

" ⏰ 12:30 - 14:00 | For children 10-12 years old

How do we carry a message from Mars to Earth?

Children explore the use of laser beams in satellite communications. Using educational robotics materials, they build a model satellite that can send and receive laser signals. They then program a micro:bit processor and work together to communicate, carrying a message from Mars to Earth.

3.Art Workshop "Ceramics in the Museum

" ⏰ 11:00 - 12:30 & 13:00 - 14:30 | For children 7-12 years old

Can a telephone be turned into a work of art?

After browsing the Museum's exhibition and discovering telephones with dials, keys and cranks, children, under the guidance of sculptor Martha Dimitropoulou, are introduced to the secrets of ceramic art. They create their own telephone devices out of clay, combining art with technology.

4.Group tour for adults and children over 10 years old

⏰ 14:30 - 15:30

Discover the Museum's exhibition spaces through the use of new technologies and modern digital media. The tour takes you on an exciting journey through the world of communication, from antiquity to the modern digital age, with a special focus on the new thematic sections of the fully renovated second floor exhibition space.

Educational programs for schools 

• Robots in space : Tuesday, time: 09.30-11.00 & 11.30-13.00 for children: 1st, 2nd, 3rd grade. Participation: free of charge. Online booking required,

• Message from Mars : Tuesday, time: 09.30-11.00 & 11.30-13.00 for children: 4th, 5th, 6th grade. Participation: free of charge. Free of charge,

• Ali Rescue Team : Tuesday, time: 09.30-11.00 & 11.30-13.00 for children:1st, 2nd, 3rd grade. Participation: free of charge. Online booking required,

• Call from Ecuador : Friday, time: 10.30-12.00 for children: 4th, 5th, 6th primary school, A, B high school. Participation: free of charge. Online booking required.

Programmes for families

• Robots in space : Sunday: 13/10, 03&24/11, 08/12, 19/01, 16/02, 16/03, 06/04, 18/05, time: 10.30-12.00 for children: 6-8 years old, participation: free,

• A juggler at the Museum : Sunday: 08/12 & 16/03, time: 11.00-12.30 & 13.00-14.30, for children: 6-12 years old. Participation: free of charge,

• VR & 3d Painting : Sunday: 24/11, time: 11.00-12.30 & 13.00-14.30, for children: 10-12 years old. Participation: free of charge,

• Museum in the dark : Sunday: 16/02 & 06/04, time: 11.00-12.30 & 13.00-14.30 for children: 8-12 years old. Participation: free of charge.

Museum collections 

• The Museum's collections comprise more than 37,000 items, consisting of artefacts and archival material. Of these, 90% have already been documented and digitised, ensuring their full accessibility to the general public.
• In the exhibition spaces on the first floor, visitors travel through time, discovering the ways of communication of the pre-electric era. From the Crypts and the Pyrexia to the Plumber and the Optical Telegraph, the pioneering communication methods of the past come to life.
• The tour continues with the discovery of electricity and the iconic inventions of great telecommunications pioneers. Visitors explore telegraphy, telephony, telephone booths, OTE's cable ship "Thales the Milesian", telephotography, fibre optics and satellite technology.
• In the new exhibition spaces on the second floor, the evolution of the global telegraphic and telephone network, the transition from manual to automatic telephony, the history of the Internet both in Greece and internationally, the development of mobile telephony, the evolution of gaming and one of the first Greek television studios from the 1960s.
• Visitors have the opportunity to explore interactive exhibits and enjoy digital applications, such as Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and QR codes, for a complete and immersive experience!