Let’s play some mind games… Continue Reading
Thanksgiving Hours – Sarnoff closed 11/26, open 11/22
The Sarnoff Collection at TCNJ will be open this Wednesday, November 22 from 1:00-5:00, but we’ll still be digesting our turkey on Sunday, so we’re closed on 11/26. Please join us next Wednesday. Continue Reading
Upcoming Event: War of the Worlds
Come to the Sarnoff Collection on Sunday, October 29, 2017 at 1:30 pm to hear Orson Welles’s iconic radio play, War of the Worlds just like its first listeners would have heard it– from the speakers of a 1936 RCA radio! Continue Reading
Upcoming Lecture: Restoration of Alan Turing’s Preferred Interception Receiver
October 13,2017 7:30 pm Roscoe West Room 201 Come out to hear Joe Jesson and Jonathan Allen speak about the RCA AR-88, a receiver that was vital in capturing German messages during WWII. Jesson will describe the genesis of this best-of-breed interception receiver initiated by David Sarnoff’s product leadership in order to exceed allied design… Continue Reading
Object of the Week: RCA “Magic Eye” 6E5 Vacuum Tube
Look into my (magic) eye… 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
Object of the Week: David Sarnoff’s Emmy Award
How the Emmy got its name… Continue Reading
Object of the Week: The World’s Smallest Giant Brain
On the trail of the World’s Smallest Giant Brain: tracing the identity of an object across two archives Continue Reading
Item of the Week: Aeriola Senior Receiver Radio
The dream of a radio music box in every home Continue Reading
Item of the Week: Indian-Head Test Card
Please adjust your television set: troubleshooting in the time of black and white television Continue Reading