Georgia Rural Telephone Museum

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]

Georgia Rural Telephone Museum
Organ

Established	1995 (1995)
Location	Leslie, Georgia
Coordinates	31.95605°N 84.08666°W / 31.95605; -84.08666
Type	Telephone and telephone memorabilia museum
Collection size	2000
Founder	Tommy C. Smith
Website	Official website

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

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.

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