Postai és Távközlési Múzeumi Alapítvány Évkönyve, 1995
Rövid tartalmi összefoglaló angol nyelven
Accessions of exceptional value: • The bequest and experimental apparatus of Dr György Békésy, Nobel Prize-winning physicist (donated by the University of Hawaii) • 105-item military telecom collection (donated by the Defence Ministry) • Collection of 16,000 picture postcards • Hungarian philatelic collection of 192 items covering the period of hyperinflation in 1945-6 (donated by Mrs Elaine Arundel) • Two 19th-century postal consignments with embossed franking (donated by the State Printing Press) • Collection of transmitter and receiver antennae • Art works relating to postal and telecommunications history (20) • Two overhauled postal vehicles (an IFA truck and a Barkas minibus) • Audio tapes from world radio stations (58) The scale of the accessions led to backlogs in cataloguing the collections of objects and of documents. Collection must still be considered a priority task, however. Much material was found by museum staff only just as it was about to be destroyed. Restoration and aids to presentation The results of the restoration and reconstruction work, renewed or in working order, are visible at the new permanent exhibitions in Debrecen and Diósd. At the Debrecen exhibition, the Postal Museum’s restoration work can be seen in the old post-office counter from Mátraháza, a pneumatic despatch system, five telephone sets, two teleprinters, and a safe-deposit box. At Diósd it is apparent in 60 radio sets, a generator and some 20 pieces of studio and transmission equipment. The year saw the first important advance since the opening of the Telephone Museum in 1991 in employing interactive presentation aids. Fifteen such aids were installed at Diósd and five at Debrecen, to the satisfaction of visitors. These computerized information stations proved especially popular with school students, but were also much appreciated by visitors from within the profession seeking more detailed information. Exhibitions The exhibition activity of the museums, like the accessions and the collection trips, also benefits the scientific work of systematizing and processing, apart from its great importance to public relations. This applies particularly because the number of museum visitors has been falling nationally for several years, and temporary exhibitions at various sites, linked with other events, have a beneficial effect. New permanent exhibitions: Seventy Years of Hungarian Broadcasting The Life and Work of György Békésy Seven Centuries of Communications History in Debrecen Rezső Soó Memorial Exhibition 288
