Museo del Telégrafo, Telegraph museum in Centro Histórico, Mexico City, Mexico

The Museo del Telégrafo occupies a section of the Palacio de Comunicaciones y Obras Públicas, a building designed by Italian architect Silvio Contri and constructed between 1904 and 1911. Its rooms display telegraph apparatus from different periods, reproductions of important telegrams, and educational materials covering the telegraph in Mexico from 1849 to the last transmission in 1992.

The building was constructed between 1904 and 1911 by Italian architect Silvio Contri to house the Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Obras Públicas until 1955. After that date, only the Central Telegraph Administration and the union remained. In 1973 the vacant areas housed the Archivo General de la Nación, which moved to Palacio de Lecumberri in 1981, when the Museo Nacional de Arte was created. The telegraph museum opened on 22 November 2006.

The museum reflects how telegraph technology connected Mexico and changed the way people shared news across the country. Visitors can see the machines that made long-distance communication possible for the first time.

The museum sits in the historic center on Calle Tacuba and is walkable from the Zócalo or nearby metro stations. Plan to arrive in the morning or early afternoon to have the space less crowded and more time to explore the exhibits at your own pace.

The museum occupies only a section of the building that Italian architect Silvio Contri designed between 1904 and 1911 for the Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Obras Públicas. After 1955 only the Central Telegraph Administration and its union stayed on; in 1973 the empty areas housed the Archivo General de la Nación until it moved to Palacio de Lecumberri in 1981, when the Museo Nacional de Arte took over.