Brisbane residents and visitors will have longer to tap into the dots and dash history of the electric telegraph and its Morse code origins with Museum of Brisbane’s (MoB) free exhibition Send: From telegraph to text set to remain open until 10 July.
Presented in partnership with Telstra Museum, Send, which had been scheduled to close on 1 May, traces the history of messaging from the original pay-by-word telegrams to modern day speedy texts, tweeting, emailing and instant messaging. MoB is located on the ground floor of 157 Ann Street. MoB is open 10am-5pm, seven days a week. For further information about MoB visit www.museumofbrisbane.com.au or phone Council on (07) 3403 8888.
