Tonight before NBC aired their tape delayed Olympics coverage, I was reading about museums and found the National Capital Radio & Television Museum located in Bowie, Maryland. This museum, which opened in 1999 focuses on the history and evolution of both radio and television technology.
According to their website, they have a collection of vintage receivers, and you can listen to early radio broadcasts on them. This collection includes radio serials including The Guiding Light. (See there was a reason I put this on my blog beyond the this looks cool factor.) They also have vintage television sets. While they have no video footage of soap operas on hand, they do have a decent amount of clips of other genres.
Other things they mention that you can see at this museum are a radio that was considered portable that weighs 40 pounds, a "radio" the prints out the newspaper, and a radio that takes pictures. They also have books and periodicals that are over 80 years old. Another thing I find interesting is they have manuals for old radios, television sets and radio/television tubes.
This museum is free to visit, though they do take donations. So if one happens to be in the Washington DC area, and willing to drive out to Bowie, Maryland it may be worth it. If you know ahead of time you are going there, they allow you to arrange a tour based on your interests which makes it even more interesting.
For more information on the National Capital Radio & Television Museum visit their website at http://ncrtv.org.
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