It takes patience to write a letter with pen and ink. 

During most of 2007 the children and grand-children of the family have had the opportunity to enjoy themselves in the temporary exhibition "On Track of the Words" in which they are transported through space and time via slides. The child-friendly exhibition has been prolonged until 31st August 2008 and is now being supplemented with a number of educational and entertaining activities in Teponia which were previously reserved for children on school excursions.

Write with Pen and Ink

Do as Christian IV and H.C. Andersen: write a letter with pen and ink. The writing tool is a cut up quill which is dipped in ink. It is not as easy as it seems to master the art so you can expect a challenge to your delicate motor function and patience. Once the letter is finished, it is sprinkled with sand in order to keep the message intact when the letter is folded to an envelope and sealed with sealing wax. In the museum's permanent exhibition you can see original letters which are several hundred years old written with pen and ink and carrying remains of the original wax seal. 

The switchboard is diligently used .  

Draw your own "Stamp"

In Teponia you can create "stamp" art of your own making. On a special template you draw a picture which is scanned by the museum's computer and printed as 50 stamps so that it becomes a new work of art. The „stamps" cannot be used as postage, but are for decoration purposes only. In the museum's stamp cabinet you can be inspired by Danish stamps from the last 150 years.

Telephones from the Old Days

Before the mobile telephone and the fully automatic telephones exchange, the female telephone operators were the lifeblood of the Danish telephone companies. They switched all calls - domestic and abroad - and were operating in the peripheral regions of Denmark until the 1970's. In Teponia you can hear more about the telephone operators' work and experience the fascination of interconnecting calls between old telephones with winding handles instead of dials and push-buttons.

Teponia is open during the museum's opening hours in weekends and on holidays. The activities are free once the entrance ticket to the museum has been paid and include one sheet of "stamps" per participant.