The Sarnoff Collection may be closed, but we are forging ahead with our lecture series. Join us online for a series of virtual talks this spring! Continue Reading
Author Archives: Florencia Pierri
RCA Labs Annual Research Report Color TV 1945
RCA Labs Annual Research Report Color TV 1945 Continue Reading
Repair Rodeo – Cancelled
Due to updated TCNJ guidelines regarding novel Coronavirus, we are cancelling this event. Repair Rodeo: learn to repair, not replace, your stuff! Drop by the Sarnoff Collection at 11:00 to learn how to solder and take home a flashlight you make yourself (registration required), and drop by from 12:00-1:00 for a repair workshop, where you… Continue Reading
Museum Day 2020 – Cancelled
Due to updated TCNJ guidelines regarding novel Coronavirus, we are cancelling this event. Continue Reading
Item of the Week: Victrola-VI phonograph
Much like Kleenex is used as a proprietary eponym for facial tissues, or escalator is used to describe a moving staircase, in the early 20th century Victrola was often used to describe a machine that played back flat music records. However, the Victrola was a trademark of the Victor Talking Machine Company, and used to… Continue Reading
Item of the Week: Spindle Adapter
The center can hold– if you use a spindle adaptor! Continue Reading
“Mirror Mirror…”: Art, Technology, and RCA
Art, technology, and science collided in the 1960s with an innovative art collaboration between Earl Reiback and RCA Continue Reading
Sarnoff Closed until January 8
The Sarnoff Collection will be closed for the TCNJ Winter break, and we will re-open on Wednesday, January 8. Happy holidays from all of us, and we hope to see you in 2020! Continue Reading
RCA @ 100
On November 20, 1919, the American Marconi officially became the Radio Corporation of America, and on November 17, 2019, we’ll celebrate RCA’s 100-year birthday with a series of events and activities that celebrate the company and the culture of innovation it engendered, and (of course) birthday cake! Do you have an RCA collection that you’d… Continue Reading
A Conversation with Paul Lansky
Join Interactive Multimedia professor Teresa Nakra and Sarnoff Collection curator Florencia Pierri in a conversation with composer Paul Lansky as he looks back on his genre-defining career in musical composition, and how 20th century technical innovations from New Jersey lead to a profusion of creativity in computer-generated and electronic music. September 25th, 12:00-1:30pm TCNJ… Continue Reading