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Important Summer News – Sarnoff Collection closed for building renovations

Important Summer News – Sarnoff Collection closed for building renovations

 

Due to building-wide facility remodeling and structural upgrades the Sarnoff Collection is open on an appointment-only basis June, July, and August. If you would like to schedule a visit, ask a question about the collection, or share information about David Sarnoff, RCA/Sarnoff Laboratories, or other aspects of 20th century media PLEASE email us at sarnoff@tcnj.edu. We will respond within one business day.

Over the summer we will publish results of recent collaborations with TCNJ students, provide previews of upcoming exhibitions** and programs, and highlight additions to the Sarnoff’s permanent collection. Please check back regularly, and please check us out on Facebook and Instagram for informal updates on our work, for information on the activities of our peer organizations, and for some plain old fun content.

At the conclusion of the work at Roscoe West Hall the Sarnoff will have brand new neighbors (hello Tutoring Center!) and our building will have an additional entrance and some other changes (and possibly a display case near the new doors). We look forward to welcoming back our friends and colleagues soon!

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red/orange fabric with a pattern**Our next show, Ephemeral Considerations, is a deep dive into the awards, memorabilia, corporate materials, and branded objects that form an important interpersonal language in any organization. The intimate stories bound up in these artifacts provide openings into larger narratives about collaboration, competition, success, and consolation. We look forward to displaying many dozens of objects from the Sarnoff Collection and hearing from viewers about the professional and personal meanings encoded within them.

Vinyl Videos: Dissecting and Discussing the RCA Videodisc System

Vinyl Videos: Dissecting and Discussing the RCA Videodisc System

An informal discussion and demo with Austin Nealon and Sarnoff curator Brian Wallace Sunday, April 30, 1:00 pm Sarnoff Collection, Roscoe West Hall   Please join us at 1pm this Sunday April 30 for an accessible in-depth tour and lids-off look at cutting-edge tech circa 1981!  RCA Selectavision Videodisc collector Austin Nealon and Sarnoff curator… Continue Reading

Marking 111 years since the sinking of R.M.S. Titanic

Marking 111 years since the sinking of R.M.S. Titanic

  R.M.S. Titanic at the Sarnoff Collection The Sarnoff Collection at TCNJ April 14 2023, 4–6 pm FREE and open to the public! Join us to commemorate the sinking of the Titanic, and to explore the (unexpected) connections between the Sarnoff Collection and the events of 111 years ago. Titanic and Sarnoff? Long story short,… Continue Reading

Vinyl Videos exhibit extended — and tour added

Vinyl Videos exhibit extended — and tour added

We have extended the dates (and added a public tour) of our Vinyl Videos: The Rise and Fall of the RCA Videodisc exhibit! That’s right: Vinyl Videos, the Sarnoff’s in-depth look at the complicated story of the SelectaVision Videodisc system, RCA’s last large-scale research-driven commercial product, will be on view until the end of April.… Continue Reading

January Hours at the Sarnoff

January Hours at the Sarnoff

The College of New Jersey is on break, but WE ARE OPEN 1-5pm SUNDAYS (except Christmas Day and New Year’s Day) until we return to our regular Wednesday 1-pm/Sunday 1-3pm hours on Wednesday, January 25, 2023. Come visit! Continue Reading

Sailing (and more) with David Sarnoff in 1956

Sailing (and more) with David Sarnoff in 1956

    We recently enjoyed a lively and informative visit from Mr. Carroll M. Haskell of Philadelphia, along with his middle daughter Jennifer Perry and several of their friends.   Back in 1956 – which suddenly seems like SUCH a long time ago – Haskell joined the small crew of David Sarnoff’s newly-commissioned yacht Electron.… Continue Reading

Family Artifact Preservation Workshops

Family Artifact Preservation Workshops

      As a complement to the current Vinyl Videos: The Rise and Fall of the RCA Videodisc exhibit – and check back soon for an update about the show! – The Sarnoff Collection and the Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts recently co-hosted two hands-on workshops focused on preserving family heirlooms and… Continue Reading

History Starts at Home: Family History Preservation Workshops

History Starts at Home: Family History Preservation Workshops

Learn to preserve the artifacts that tell your family’s story! Through these workshops, you’ll learn to properly store and care for treasured family, photographs, papers, and historic documents. These hands-on workshops will be lead by Stephenie Schwartz Bailey, Education Program Manager & Preservation Consultant. Bring your artifacts — and your questions! Making a Preservation-Quality Four-flap… Continue Reading

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