The Communications area at the Canada Science and Technology Museum embraces all forms of electrical communication, from telegraphy and telephony to wireless communication and radio and television broadcasting. It also includes mechanical and electrical sound recording and reproduction.
Communication technologies bind people through space and through time.
With them we send messages over distance and we preserve important stories, ideas and images. Canadians have always occupied a few scattered pockets in a vast expanse of land. We have been, aside from the First Nations, immigrants or their descendants. Given such a large territory and such shallow roots, we have long looked to communication technology for a sense of control and community. As a result, Canadians have been world leaders in developing communications technologies and in applying communication systems to specific Canadian needs.