It’s common cents: using pennies to explain computer circuitry Continue Reading
Summer Hours for Sarnoff
Please note the change in hours for the Sarnoff Collection. The hours are as follows: Special Commencement Hours: Thursday (5/18)-10:00 am-2:00 pm Friday (5/19)-10:00 am-2:00 pm Sarnoff will be closed for break beginning 5/14/17. Regular gallery hours will resume on Wednesday, 5/24. Sarnoff will be closed for Memorial Day, Sunday 5/28 Continue Reading
Item of the Week: A-B-C Fun
“All children love little Nipper junior records!” Continue Reading
Item of the Week: Propaganda Phonograph
A low tech phonograph to win the Cold War Continue Reading
Sarnoff Collection Closed Sunday 4/16
The Sarnoff Collection at TCNJ will be closed this Sunday, 4/16. Please join us next Wednesday (1-5pm) or Sunday (1-3pm). Continue Reading
Sarnoff will be closed for spring break
The Sarnoff Collection will be closed from Sunday, March 12-March 19 for spring break. We will reopen on Wednesday, March 22. Thank you and enjoy your break! Continue Reading
Sarnoff Collection Spring Hours
We’re back! Come visit! Sarnoff Collection Spring Hours: Wednesdays, 1-5 Sundays, 1-3 This mesmerizing image illustrated a quote by David Sarnoff in the May 1964 issue of Fortune Magazine: “… ultimately, individuals equipped with miniature TV transmitter-receivers will communicate with one another via radio, switchboards, and satellite, using personal channels similar to today’s telephone number” S.… Continue Reading
Sarnoff Collection Closed for TCNJ Winter Break
We’ll be staying home and playing Fun With Numbers on our RCA Studio II Home TV Programmer during the TCNJ Winter Break. The Sarnoff Collection will be closed from December 19, 2016 through January 25, 2017. See you in the new year! Continue Reading
Sarnoff Collection Closed for Thanksgiving Break!
The Sarnoff Collection will be closed for Thanksgiving break on Wednesday, 11/23 and Sunday 11/27. We hope you enjoy your holiday celebrations: here’s David Sarnoff celebrating the adoption of the NTSC color standard! Philippe Halsman David Sarnoff c. 1954 Original photographic print 20 in. x 24 in. (50.8 cm x 60.96 cm) S.464.2 Continue Reading
Sarnoff Collection Presents New Exhibition on RCA’s Video Games
From November 4, 2015 through May 20, 2016, TCNJ’s Sarnoff Collection will present a new exhibition Computer Fun for the Whole Family: Video Games and The Sarnoff Collection. In the late 1960s, RCA recognized the entertainment potential of computers and was among the first firms to produce electronic gaming systems aimed at the general public.… Continue Reading