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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 will explain how it is that the Sarnoff came to possess the maestro’s house keys.

October 25, 1:30 pm
This Zoom lecture is free, but pre-registration is required. Click here to register.

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

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

CANCELED Public Lecture | The Origins of Silicon Valley: Why and How it Happened

REGRETTABLY THIS TALK HAS BEEN CANCELED How did Silicon Valley come into being? And why did it end up where it did? Join Paul Wesling to learn more about these fascinating questions. Continue Reading

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

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

Public Lecture | Summertime and the Living is Plastic

Join us at the Sarnoff to hear historian Angela Cope’s lecture Summertime, and the Living is Plastic: PVC and the Creation of a Summer Toy Industry Continue Reading

Temporary Exhibit | RCA Radios Through the Ages

Radio Through the Ages: a temporary exhibit for World Radio Day Visit the Sarnoff Collection on Sunday, Feb.18 at 1:30 for a guided tour of Empire of the Air: RCA Radio in the 20th Century, a temporary exhibit for World Radio Day. Come to learn about the progression of radio technology through the ages,… 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

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