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The Edmonton Telephone Historical Centre is calling it a career as the foundation behind the centre decided to hang it up in the face of a number of operational challenges.

The Edmonton Telephone Historical Centre Foundation voted to dissolve at its April annual general meeting, leading to the centre closing after 31 years of operation in Edmonton. The foundation cited relevancy, financial issues, structural problems and succession planning as the reasons for closing in an email Wednesday, the centre’s last day of operations.

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The centre first opened Dec. 3, 1987 in the Old Strathcona neighbourhood before moving to its current location at the Prince of Wales Armouries Heritage Centre. The centre is home to a large collection of telephones ranging back to 1878, including the first phone imported into Edmonton.

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