{"id":35075,"date":"2013-09-04T22:04:16","date_gmt":"2013-09-04T16:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/?p=35075"},"modified":"2026-10-13T15:19:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T09:49:25","slug":"nokia-mobile-phones-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2013\/09\/nokia-mobile-phones-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Nokia Phone Museum: See Every Classic Nokia Phone Online (2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Want to see every Nokia phone ever made? In 2013 we pointed readers to a Nokia museum gallery listing all Nokia handsets by year. That site has since been deleted, but a <strong>Nokia phone museum<\/strong> experience is still easy to find online in 2026, from a charity that has catalogued thousands of mobile phones to a university archive of Nokia&#8217;s own design work. Here is where to go, plus a quick look at what happened to Nokia phones.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/nokia-phone-museum.webp\" alt=\"Nokia phone museum online\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/nokia-phone-museum.webp 1200w, https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/nokia-phone-museum-300x158.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/nokia-phone-museum-1024x538.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/nokia-phone-museum-150x79.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/nokia-phone-museum-768x403.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Quick answer:<\/strong> The best online Nokia phone museum in 2026 is the Mobile Phone Museum, a UK charity with over 2,800 phone models in its online catalogue, including many classic Nokias. For Nokia&#8217;s design history, sketches and concepts, explore the Nokia Design Archive run by Aalto University in Finland. The old Nokia museum gallery blog from 2013 no longer exists.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6aeb24ab60024\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"ez-toc-cssicon\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #1a202c;color:#1a202c\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #1a202c;color:#1a202c\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6aeb24ab60024\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2013\/09\/nokia-mobile-phones-museum\/#Where_to_see_classic_Nokia_phones_online\" >Where to see classic Nokia phones online<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2013\/09\/nokia-mobile-phones-museum\/#Classic_Nokia_phones_to_look_up\" >Classic Nokia phones to look up<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2013\/09\/nokia-mobile-phones-museum\/#My_Nokia_phones\" >My Nokia phones<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2013\/09\/nokia-mobile-phones-museum\/#What_happened_to_Nokia_phones\" >What happened to Nokia phones<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2013\/09\/nokia-mobile-phones-museum\/#FAQ\" >FAQ<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2013\/09\/nokia-mobile-phones-museum\/#Is_there_a_real_Nokia_museum\" >Is there a real Nokia museum?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2013\/09\/nokia-mobile-phones-museum\/#What_was_the_best-selling_Nokia_phone\" >What was the best-selling Nokia phone?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2013\/09\/nokia-mobile-phones-museum\/#Are_Nokia_phones_still_made\" >Are Nokia phones still made?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_to_see_classic_Nokia_phones_online\"><\/span>Where to see classic Nokia phones online<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobilephonemuseum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mobile Phone Museum<\/a>:<\/strong> a not-for-profit collection of more than 2,800 models from four decades, with photos and details. Browse the catalogue for Nokia classics such as the 3310, 8210, 7110, N95 and Lumia range.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nokiadesignarchive.aalto.fi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nokia Design Archive<\/a>:<\/strong> Aalto University&#8217;s online archive of Nokia design material, including product concepts, sketches and design strategy, viewable as a timeline or network.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wikipedia&#8217;s list of Nokia products:<\/strong> a quick year-by-year reference for model numbers and release dates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35076\" src=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/nokia-phones.jpg\" alt=\"Classic Nokia phones in a Nokia phone museum gallery\" width=\"442\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/nokia-phones.jpg 442w, https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/nokia-phones-150x49.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/nokia-phones-300x99.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Classic_Nokia_phones_to_look_up\"><\/span>Classic Nokia phones to look up<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nokia 1011 (1992):<\/strong> the first mass-produced GSM phone.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nokia 6110 (1997):<\/strong> one of the first phones with the Snake game.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nokia 7110 (1999):<\/strong> the &#8220;Matrix&#8221; slider phone and an early WAP browser.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nokia 3310 (2000):<\/strong> famous for its toughness, battery life and Snake II.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nokia 1100 (2003):<\/strong> the simple phone that sold to hundreds of millions of first-time users.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nokia N95 (2007):<\/strong> GPS, a 5-megapixel camera and a two-way slider, a smartphone before the iPhone took over.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nokia Lumia 920 and 1020 (2012 to 2013):<\/strong> colourful Windows Phones, the 1020 with a 41-megapixel camera.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"My_Nokia_phones\"><\/span>My Nokia phones<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Probably each one of us has owned a Nokia at some point, either as an early mobile user in the 1990s or as a Windows Phone fan drawn to the Lumia design. My first Nokia was the indestructible Nokia 3310, and in 2013 my latest was the Nokia Lumia 720. Newer phones brought better cameras, sharper screens, powerful apps and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2013\/07\/mobile-phone-sar-tick\/\">lower radiation (SAR) values<\/a>, but nothing matched the 3310&#8217;s battery life.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_happened_to_Nokia_phones\"><\/span>What happened to Nokia phones<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>1990s to 2000s:<\/strong> Nokia became the world&#8217;s biggest phone maker with icons like the 3310 and the N-series.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2011 to 2013:<\/strong> Nokia switched its smartphones to Windows Phone with the Lumia range.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2014:<\/strong> Microsoft bought Nokia&#8217;s phone business, and later wound it down.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2016 onwards:<\/strong> Finnish company HMD Global licensed the Nokia name for Android smartphones and new versions of classics like the 3310.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Today:<\/strong> HMD sells phones under its own brand as well, while Nokia itself focuses on network equipment.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Still using an old Nokia? See how to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2009\/07\/speed-up-symbian-nokia-phones\/\">speed up Nokia phones<\/a> and how to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2006\/02\/check-nokia-original-batteries-holograms-and-codes\/\">check for an original phone battery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"FAQ\"><\/span>FAQ<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_there_a_real_Nokia_museum\"><\/span>Is there a real Nokia museum?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>There is no permanent official Nokia phone museum open to the public, but the Mobile Phone Museum holds a large collection and runs exhibitions, and Aalto University&#8217;s Nokia Design Archive is online.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_was_the_best-selling_Nokia_phone\"><\/span>What was the best-selling Nokia phone?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The Nokia 1100, with over 200 million units sold, is often cited as the best-selling phone of all time.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Are_Nokia_phones_still_made\"><\/span>Are Nokia phones still made?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Yes. 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