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SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention

98225 Bellingham, WA, United States of America (USA) (Washington)

Address formerly: American Museum of Radio and Electricity
1312 Bay Street 
 
Floor area only roughly guessed: 1 000 m² / 10 764 ft²   Area for radios (if not the same) 1 000 m² / 10 764 ft²
 
Museum typ Exhibition
Radio and Kommunication in general
  • Mechanical Music Instruments
  • TV and image recording
  • Tubes/Valves / Semiconductors
  • Record players with pick up
  • Electricity / Magnetism
  • Electronic Musical Instruments
  • Media
  • Radios (Broadcast receivers)
  • Transmitting and Studio technique
  • Jukeboxes
  • Telephone / Telex
  • Morse technology
  • Measuring Instruments, Lab Equipment
  • Gramophone (no electrical sound transmission)
  • Amateur Radio / Military & Industry Radio


Opening times
Wednesday - Sundays: 11am - 5pm

Admission
Status from 02/2024
Adults (13 & up): $10; Youth (3 to 12): $6

Contact
Tel.:+1-360-738 38 86  eMail:info sparkmuseum.org  

Homepage www.sparkmuseum.org

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Location / Directions
N48.751570° W122.480317°N48°45.09420' W122°28.81902'N48°45'5.6520" W122°28'49.1412"

Some example model pages for sets you can see there:

F: Ducretet -Thomson; Poste à 6 lampes forme piano BEFL (1923-25?)
GB: Nairne, Edward; Nairne-pattern Friction Machine (1850??)
GB: Marconi's Wireless Grasshopper Key (1899)
GB: Marconi's Wireless Plain Tuner Type 104R (1910?)
GB: Marconi's Wireless Marine Tuner Type 226A (1916)
GB: Marconi's Wireless Three Valve Amplifying Detector Type 71 (1916?)
GB: Marconi's Wireless 1.5-kW-Ship Set MC1 (1920??)
GB: Radio Instruments V4A (1923?)
USA: DeForest Radio Syntonizer (Syntoniser) (1904-08)
USA: United Wireless Tuner Type D (1907-12?)
USA: United Wireless Tuner Type E (1911/12)
USA: Hunt & McCree M'Cree Crystal Set No. 797 (1912/13)
USA: Wireless Specialty Perikon Detector (1914?)
USA: Wireless Specialty Pyron Detector (1914?)
USA: Edison, Thomas A., Phonograph Amberola 30 (1915)
USA: Tel-Radion Co.; New Navy Type Loose Coupler (1917?)
USA: Kennedy Co., Colin B Short Wave Receiver Type 281 (1921)
USA: Atwater Kent Mfg. Co 3925 (1922)
USA: Atwater Kent Mfg. Co 3945 (1922)
USA: Atwater Kent Mfg. Co 4066 (1923)
USA: Atwater Kent Mfg. Co 4333 Model 5 (1923)
USA: Atwater Kent Mfg. Co 4340 Model 10 Radiodyne (?) (1923)
USA: Atwater Kent Mfg. Co 4445 Model 9 (1923)
USA: Atwater Kent Mfg. Co 4550 Model 10B (1923)
USA: RCA RCA Victor Co. Radiola VII B (7B) AR-907 (1923/24)
USA: Radio Specialty Shop Radio Frequency Amplifier Type 222 (1923?)
USA: Smith Cannery Tyee Crystal Set (1923?)
USA: Atwater Kent Mfg. Co 4660 Model 9C Compact (1924)
USA: Goerdes Co., Fred W. Dolores six (6) Standard (Nickel finish, no verniers) (1925/26)
USA: RCA RCA Victor Co. Theremin (1929)
USA: Wurlitzer Co., The Jukebox 600-mix-up (1938/39)
USA: Hallicrafters, The; S-40 (2nd Revision) (1946/47)
USA: Philco, Philadelphia 48-1001 (1948)
USA: Pilot Electric Mfg. Pilot Candid TV37 (1948?)
USA: RCA RCA Victor Co. CT-100 The Merrill Ch= CTC-2 (1954)

Some example tube pages for sets you can see there:

Screen-grid Tetrode 424A

Description

The American Museum of Radio and Electricity offers an exciting and educational experience for audiences of all ages. Compelling, interactive exhibits spanning four centuries of scientific achievement and cultural heritage are featured in a world-class collection of unique objects. The Spark Museum displays the inventions and innovations that changed the course of human history."
 

Collections

Dawn of the Electrical Age (1600-1800)
Electricity Sparks Invention (1800-1900)
The Beginning of Radio and the Wireless Era (1863-1920)
Radio Enters the Home (1920-1927)
The Golden Age of Radio (1928-1950)


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