A booklet for war production workers highlights gendered assumptions about technological understanding. Continue Reading
Public Lecture | Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra
In 1937, famed Italian composer Arturo Toscanini came out of retirement to conduct the newly formed NBC Symphony Orchestra at the behest of RCA’s chairman, David Sarnoff. This talk by the Sarnoff Collection curator will trace the history of Toscanini’s time with NBC, show some of the Toscanini artifacts we have in the collection, and… Continue Reading
Public Talk: Operation Ballot: Electronics and Elections
This year will be an election year like no other, and with so many ballots being cast away from physical voting booths, we’re unlikely to know the results by election night. Join us at the Sarnoff for a talk about the history of using computers to predict election results. Continue Reading
Item of the Week | “My Second Most Prized Possession” Advertisement
Are you a person of class, refinement, and taste? Do you live in the 1950s? Then perhaps a color television is right for you! Continue Reading
Item of the Week | The Walkie-Lookie
Space cadet or journalist? The Walkie-Lookie of the 1950s looked like it was straight out of a bad sci-fi film. Continue Reading
Lecture Series: Sunday at the Sarnoff
Join us on the last Sunday of every month for Sunday at the Sarnoff, a conversation about topics from the intersection of technology, history, and culture. Continue Reading
In Living Color: The Long Quest for Television
Premiering Online: https://sarnoff.omeka.net/exhibits/show/in-living-color For more information about the exhibition and related program, click here. When American audiences tuned into NBC in 1957, they might have heard the announcer proclaim that “the following program is brought to you in living color!,” and they would have seen an animation of a peacock unfurl its six-colored tail feathers…… Continue Reading
In Living Color: Virtual Talks
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
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