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Public Lecture | The Hams Can
Join us at the Sarnoff on Sunday, August 12, 1:30-2:30pm for a public lecture about the role of ham radio operators in a fated 1921 boxing match. Continue Reading
Object of the Week | RCA Model 103 Loudspeaker
Radio, radio in the hall, what’s the fairest speaker of them all? Continue Reading
Item of the Week | RCA Servi-Chest
The RCA Servi-Chest: a portable workshop for professional repairpeople Continue Reading
Public Lecture | The Battle of the Century: RCA and the Dawn of the Wireless Age
How did radio come to be a mainstay in American homes? In the early 1920s, this new technology was the realm of fringe amateur build-it-yourselfers, but by the end of that decade, radios were standard household commodity. Learn how a fated boxing match and a massive publicity campaign revolutionized the way people lived and learned… Continue Reading
Museum Day Live!
Smithsonian Museum Day Live! Date: September 23, 2017 Time: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. The Sarnoff Collection is participating in Smithsonian Magazine’s Museum Day Live! on September 23, 2017. A nationwide event, Museum Day Live! offers free admission to visitors presenting a Museum Day Live! ticket at a participating museum or cultural institution. To get your tickets, go here. Come… Continue Reading
Op Ed in the Wall Street Journal Explains How Blue LEDs Were Developed at RCA
In a Wall Street Journal Op Ed piece on October 10, 2014, Sarnoff Collection curator Ben Gross explains how RCA scientists developed blue LEDs more than 40 years ago. The original RCA blue LED is on view in TCNJ’s exhibition Innovations That Changed the World. For the full story, click on the headline above. … Continue Reading
Princess Elettra Marconi Visits TCNJ’s Sarnoff Collection
Princess Elettra Marconi, daughter of Guglielmo Marconi—widely known as the “Father of Radio”—visited TCNJ’s Sarnoff Collection on June 15th. Princess Marconi’s trip to Ewing is part of a North American tour commemorating the 140th anniversary of her father’s birth. The Princess was greeted by TCNJ President Barbara Gitenstein and members of the faculty and staff… Continue Reading