Hírközlési Múzeumi Alapítvány, Évkönyv, 2003-2004
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1920s, which, to boot, desperately needs restoration. However, restoration cannot be considered until it is protected from the elements. Meanwhile, the brick surface of the flooring at the exhibition site now emits so much dust that its replacement can no longer be postponed. The electric wiring also needs to be replaced. The museum has to be connected to the sewage network of the town, which also means replacing our single-space toilet facility, currently connected to a septic tank. The brick fence, parts of which have been reset over the years, has by now become a hazard to people walking by it on the street and needs complete renovation. Vehicles now parked in the open air need to go under a protective roof. Finally - with special consideration for the growth in the number of mobile post offices - we need to establish an up-to-date and interactive exhibition area that presents the history of postal transport services. A sculpture by Ferenc Trischler, designed to commemorate those telecommunications workers who were killed or suffered fatal accidents during the course of duty or while performing their work, is set to stand in the garden of this museum, which has been a postal facility for nearly 250 years. The work is set to be unveiled by the chief patron of telecommunications, Minister of Information Technology andTelecommunications Kálmán Kovács on All Souls’ Day in 2004. Among the investment projects on this site covered in the 2004 budget are building a shed to house and protect vehicles including the mobile post office freight car, renovating the exhibit hall, that was once a stable, rebuilding the fence and gate, redoing the garden, setting up the memorial sculpture, and installing some much-needed exhibition facilities. The Foundation already has the executive designs needed for the projects and the building permits required. Budapest, October 20, 2003 Mrs. Gergely Kovács Report of the Communication Museum Foundation for 2004 Administration and business management Management of our staff records and the requirement to provide data have now been included in the founding document that specifies Foundation tasks. The document was also amended to change the name of the Foundation. By altering its name from Foundation of the Postal and Telecommunication Museum to Communication Museum Foundation, we have joined the European postal museums that have changed the word postal in their names to communications. We are in the process of introducing the changes to our administration and management. The outstanding Foundation project for 2004 was enlargement of the postal facility at Balatonszemes, which included building a shed to serve as a garage for museum vehicles, completely renovating the historical stable, and building a new fence and gate. One reason this work was done was to provide appropriate surroundings in the courtyard for a memorial to telecommunications workers who were killed or suffered fatal accidents while 323
