Due to a leak, the Sarnoff Collection will be closed today Sunday, August 5. Continue Reading
Item of the Week: COSMAC ELF
Way before there was a Raspberry Pi, there was the COSMAC Elf, a micro computer with a micro price tag. Continue Reading
Heart of Cold: Keeping Cool With the RCA Air Conditioner
Why did it take so long for air conditioning to enter the American home? An analysis of RCA’s AC advertisements gives one suggestion. Continue Reading
Sarnoff Closed – 4th of July
The Sarnoff Collection will be closed this Wednesday, July 4. We hope you all enjoy the day with fireworks, BBQs, friends, and family, and we hope we’ll see you on Sunday, July 8, when we’ll be open from 1-3. 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
Semester Break and Commencement Hours
The Sarnoff Collection will be open for TCNJ’s commencement Thursday, May 17 from 10:00am-2:00pm, and Friday, May 18, from 10:00am-2:00pm. We will be closed on Sunday, May 19 for the TCNJ semester break. Regular summer hours resume Wednesday, May 23. Continue Reading
Pop Up Exhibit | It’s All Morse To Me
It’s All Morse To Me will trace the history of wired to wireless telegraphy, and be accompanied by a Morse code workshop where visitors will practice their sending skills on a refurbished 1940s telegraph key. Continue Reading
Public Lecture | Pioneering Play: Women in Game Development & Design
The Sarnoff Collection and the Interactive Multimedia Department presents Pioneering Play: Women in Game Development & Design. Join us at the Sarnoff for a panel discussion with three women from the history of computer games. Continue Reading
Object of the Week Audion
“Can you hear me now?” The audion, an early vacuum tube, made the radio transmission of the human voice feasible. Continue Reading