Featured here is the only known recording of Alexander Graham Bell, created in 1885. “Hear my voice,” Bell declares, from a time when listening to recorded sound was not today’s commonplace, but an amazing new experience.
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The National Museum of American History is open every day except Dec. 25. Regular hours are 10 AM-5:30PM
Plan your visitThe new Albert H. Small Documents Gallery at the National Museum of American History is devoted to the display of rare and historically significant documents.