museums

U.K. Museums and Displays


	Amberly Chalk Pits Museum	Opposite Amberley Station,opening hours
	Amberly, Arundel,	dependent on time of year, daily in high
	Sussex.	season.Old radios and TV's in a mock radio
	BN18 9LT	and TV showroom of the 1950's.

	Telephone 01798-831370

Bampton Communications Mus.

Museum detailing history of the local

4 Brook Street, Bampton

area with a large section pertaining to radio

Devon

and telephones. Curator is Jonathon Hill,

EX16 9LY

well known as author of 'Radio Radio' the

Bible for Radio collectors in the UK.

Telephone 01398-331532

See Book & Mag. section for Book details

Birmingham Museum of

Open Daily: Contains an excellent Radio

Science and Industry.

collection spanning 1920-1960, plus a mock

Newhall Street,

Radio repair shop with all the usual bits and

Birmingham.

pieces.

Telephone 01212-351661

Bognor Regis Wireless

Curator: R.E. Simpson.

Museum, located in the

Open Wednesday,Friday & Sundays from

Local History Museum,

13.00 - 17.00 from the May Bank Holiday

Hotham Park Lodge.

until mid-September.

Telephone -

Bromsgrove Museum

From a Radio standpoint the Museum has

26 Birmingham Road,

a good mock up of a 1930's Radio shop. There

Bromsgrove. Worcs.

are many other items of interest in general

B61 ODD

throughout the museum.

Telephone 01527-831809

Buckley'sYesterday's World

Has a display of a mock-up of old Wireless

Battle, Hastings

shop.

Sussex

Telephone 01424-775378

Design Museum

Not a large collection of radios, but as a

Butler's Wharf,

design museum it carries a small number of

Shad Thames

radios with classic shapes and design.

London SE1 2YD

Telephone 0171-403-6933

National Wireless Museum

This museum is spread across two sites.

Arreton Manor and Puckpool

Enquiries to Douglas Byrne, Lynwood,

Isle of Wight

52 West Hill Road, Ryde. PO33 1LN

Telephone 01983-567665

A good collection of radios and one old TV.

On the Air,

Vintage Sound Shop open 7 day a week

The Broadcasting Museum

buys and sells Vintage Wireless, the shop

and Vintage Sound Shop,

incorporates the acclaimed Broadcasting

42 Bridge Street Row,

Museum, they will also send their latest

Chester.CH1 1NN

catalogue on receipt of a large SAE.

Telephone 01244-348468

Orkney Wireless Museum

Enquiries to Peter MacDonald, 9 Quoybanks

St. Mary's Hope.

Place,Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1JQ.

Primarily a radio collection also a replica

Baird Televisor

Radio Memories,

Local to me, this is an aerial shop, the owner

Aerial Services,

of which, has built up a very comprehensive

203 Tankerton Road,

collection of Vintage Wireless, Old

Whitstable. Kent.

gramophones and Television.

Royal Corps of Signals Mus.

Admission Free, open 10.00 - 17.00 Mon-Fri

Blandford Camp,

10.00-16.00 Weekends June to September.

Dorset.

The collection consists of an extensive

DT11 8RH

display of Military radio communications

Telephone 01258-482248

from the Crimean War to present time.

Science Museum,

The museum has a Broadcast Comms.section

Exhibition Road,

containing many items of interest on

South Kensington.

display. No doubt it time we will see some of

London SW7 2DD

the Marconi archives on display, as the

Science Museum now has ownership of them

Telephone 0171-938-8000

with the proposed auction being cancelled.

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