Museums & Telecommunications are celebrating!

To mark World Telecommunication Day (May 17) and International Museum Day (May 18), the OTE Group Telecommunications Museum is actively participating again this year, organizing a four-day program of educational and hands-on activities for children, families, and community organizations.

International Museum Day consistently highlights the role of museums as vibrant hubs of culture, education, and social dialogue. Through shared themes, museums around the world are called upon to serve as spaces for connection, inclusion, and meaningful communication, responding to contemporary social challenges.

The program of the OTE Group Telecommunications Museum is part of this year’s theme of the International Council of Museums (ICOM), “Museums Connect the World,” highlighting the role of communication and telecommunications as means that bridge distances, bring people together, and strengthen social cohesion.

This year’s celebratory events at the OTE Group Telecommunications Museum, which begin on Friday, May 15, and conclude on Monday, May 18, will take place, as they do every year, both inside and outside the Museum. Their aim is to offer visitors—young and old alike—opportunities for learning, creativity, and entertainment through an exploration of the history and evolution of communication.  

The schedule of educational activities is as follows:

On Friday, May 15, The Smile of the Child in Moschato will visit the Museum with the art workshop “Smiling Prints.” The children will take a journey through the history of digital communication, discover the colorful art of pop art, and use the monotype technique to create unique artworks—messages of connection, dialogue, and expression.

On Saturday, May 16, the Museum welcomes children and families with a packed program of activities. The play “Call from the Equador” (10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m., for children ages 8–14) takes us back to the 1970s to watch a story about human connection and technology, back when, in order to communicate… someone had to connect us! The STEM workshop “Signals with Light” (10:30–12:00, for children ages 6–8) teaches young visitors how robots communicate with each other using only light, while in the “Robots on the Road” program (12:30–14:00, for children ages 9–12), children learn how driving becomes smart thanks to artificial intelligence. In the program “Meeting a Pigeon” (13:00–14:30, for children ages 6–8), children watch a puppet show telling the tender story of two different creatures who find a common language to communicate and build their own carrier pigeon, sending  a personal message of unity to the future. The day concludes with a Group Tour, a journey through the history of communication from antiquity to the modern digital world (2:30–3:30 p.m., for adults and children over 10 years old).

On Sunday, May 17, the activities continue! The STEM workshops “Signals with Light” (10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m., for children ages 6–8) and “Robots on the Road” (12:30–14:00, for children ages 9–12) once again offer the opportunity for discovery and creation through the world of robotics. In the art workshop “Inventions That Connected Our World”(11:00–12:30 & 13:00–14:30, for children ages 7–12), children learn about the most significant telecommunications inventions that shaped the world as we know it today, while in the art workshop that follows, they express their own perspective on human connection by capturing it on canvas. The day concludes with a Group Tour (2:30–3:30 p.m. for adults and children over 10 years old).

On Monday, May 18, the Eleusis Center for Love will visit the Museum with the art workshop “Smiling Prints” (4:30–6:00 p.m.), reminding us that art serves as a bridge that transcends linguistic and cultural boundaries, allowing everyone to express emotions, thoughts, and experiences directly.

Through its participation in the ICOM 2026 celebration, the OTE Group Telecommunications Museum reaffirms its role as a contemporary cultural institution that leverages technological heritage, fostering dialogue and strengthening cooperation, coexistence, and connection among people and communities.