Vintage Communications Weekend

Join us at the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum for a weekend of vintage communications! This event highlights the communications technology of the trolley era. Our regular admission rates are $20 for adults, $19 for seniors, and $15 for children 3-18. Children under 3 are free. Admission includes access to the event, the museum and its exhibits, the Trolley Display Building, and rides on vintage, restored trolleys.

• Local amateur radio clubs will be setting up a special event station and inviting visitors to explore the historic (and modern!) world of ham radio. Test out your Morse code skills on a practice key!
• Typewriter enthusiasts are invited to display their machines and to set up machines the public can use! The museum will host buy/sell/trade tables as well. Type a letter to send in the mail and test out the different fonts and feelings of these classic machines
  
• You’ve heard of a printing press – now’s your chance to test one out! Wayne and Nancy Young from the print shop in Portersville will be sharing and demonstrating their printing press
  
• See (and hear!) a collection of working antique radios – local collector Ben Costello will showcase his collection of Catalin tabletop radios, similar to the Bakelite radios
  
• Experience the sounds of a Victrola and see a WWII-era Jeep with a back seat command set radio
  
• See a selection of antique telephones through the ages from the collection of Dave Grill