Museum of Plugs and Sockets: home page

displaying an amazing collection of modern and classic
domestic plugs and sockets from all over the world

ENTER MUSEUM
no cookies no password required

Reproduction of images and texts is allowed if the source: "Digital Museum of Plugs and Sockets" and the internet address www.plugsocketmuseum.nl are clearly indicated.

Latest additions include:

Acknowledgments *

Site map

Links to other collections and forums

* donors of material are indicated with {NN} type
abbreviations. Acknowledgments give full names.

BS 1363 plug for use by British Broadcast Corpiration only [no. 7a] (view)
BS 4573 shaver adapter for US straight blade plugs [no. 4] (view)
Classic Bakelite dual socket for polarized parallel blade plugs [no. 4] (view)
General Electric socket for tandem and parallel blade plugs [no. 3] (view)
Hubbell dual socket with earthed and not earthed outlets [no. 14] (view)
Vitreous socket and switch manufacturer Taylor, Tunnicliff & Co. (view)
New page about plug and sockets safety (view)
New page about stable socket contact and plug pin connection (view)
New page about safety shutters (view)
Australian 'look-alike' socket and plug (for portable phone) [no. 23] (view)

Welcome to the museum. Comments and questions are appreciated.
Please note that the museum does not have a shop, therefore mails
regarding quotations, orders and delivery times remain unanswered !

For safety reasons green mail address
is a non clickable image.

Disclaimer This website is a digital museum. Legends to illustrations etc. are not to be regarded as instruction manuals. We refer to documentation that comes with plugs and sockets for information about the proper and safe use of these devices.

If in any doubt, consult a qualified electrician !

While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this website, the author assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions. Neither is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the use of information contained herein.