RadioUser Museum List Update (September 2021) 

Here is an updated selection of museums – both physical and virtual – showcasing radio history, SIGINT and technology. Check out their displays online for now and make a point of visiting when it is possible again. Please let me know of any other places that should be on this list!    

 

Alan’s Virtual Radio Museum

http://www.radiomuseum.co.uk

 

British DX Club (Radio Museums & Vintage Radio in the UK & Ireland)

http://bdxc.org.uk/museums.html

 

General Search Engines:

www.radiomuseum.org

 

Online Radio Museums:

http://www.online-radiomuseum.de

 

 

NATIONAL MUSEUMS

 

Amberley Museum & Heritage Centre, West Sussex (RadioUser, December 2015)

www.amberleymuseum.co.uk

 

Battle of the Atlantic HQ (Liverpool)

https://liverpoolwarmuseum.co.uk

 

Bletchley Park Museum

https://www.bletchleypark.org.uk

 

Bognor Regis Museum, West Sussex (The Ron Simpson Wireless Collection)

www.bognormuseum.org

 

British Museum

www.britishmuseum.org

 

British Vintage Wireless and Television Museum, London (temporarily closed)

bvwm.org.uk

 

Cambridge Museum of Technology

https://www.museumoftechnology.com/explore

 

Camera Museum in Central London

www.cameramuseum.uk/museum-gallery

 

Cavendish Museum, University of Cambridge

www.phy.cam.ac.uk/outreach/museum

 

Chicksands Museum

www.gov.uk/government/news/armys-spy-museum-revealed

 

Communications Museums Trust

www.comms.org.uk/index.phphtml

 

Design Museum, London

designmuseum.org

 

Enigma Museum

www.enigmamuseum.com

 

Faraday Museum, London (Royal Institution)

(RadioUser, March 2017)

www.rigb.org/visit-us/faraday-museum

 

HMS Collingwood Heritage Collection CHC

www.rnmuseumradarandcommunications2006.org.uk

 

Internal Fire, Museum of Power

https://www.internalfire.com

 

James Clerk Maxwell Foundation, Edinburgh

www.clerkmaxwellfoundation.org

 

Marconi Centre, Cornwall

marconi-centre-poldhu.org.uk

 

Marconi on the Lizard, Cornwall (National Trust)

www.nationaltrust.org.uk/features/marconi-on-the-lizard

 

Midland Air Museum

www.midlandairmuseum.co.uk/about.php

 

Military Intelligence Museum (Shefford, Beds.)

http://militaryintelligencemuseum.org

 

Military Wireless Museum (Kidderminster)

www.qsl.net/g4bxd

 

Muckleburgh Military Collection / Radio Museum

https://www.muckleburgh.co.uk

 

Museum of Brands, London

www.museumofbrands.com

 

Museum of Communication, Burntisland, Fife, Scotland

http://mocft.co.uk

 

Museum of the History of Science, Oxford

www.mhs.ox.ac.uk

 

Museum of Radar and Communications, Fareham, Hants

www.rnmuseumradarandcommunications2006.org.uk

 

National Maritime Museum

www.rmg.co.uk/national-maritime-museum

 

National Radio Centre, Bletchley Park (RSGB)

www.nationalradiocentre.com

 

National Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting in West Chester

http://www.voamuseum.org/?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

 

Oliver Lodge Group Collection (Science Museum, London)

https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/people/ap24552/lodge-oliver-joseph

 

Orkney Wireless Museum, Scotland

www.orkneywirelessmuseum.org.uk

 

Radio Communication Museum of Great Britain, Derby (under construction)

radiocommunicationmuseum.org

 

RAF Signals Museum, Henlow, Beds.

www.rafsignalsmuseum.org.uk

 

Royal Institution

http://www.rigb.org

 

Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Museum (Yeovilton)

https://www.fleetairarm.com

 

Royal Signals Museum, Blandford, Dorset

www.royalsignalsmuseum.co.uk

 

Science and Media Museum in Bradford

www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk

 

Science Museum, London (RadioUser, July 2016)

(See the exhibition: Information Age)

www.sciencemuseum.org.uk

 

Seaford Museum/Martello Tower

http://www.seafordmuseum.co.uk

 

Somme Heritage Centre (Newtownards, N. Ireland)

tinyurl.com/ycfrfgyp

 

Spy Camera Museum (Australia)

www.spycameramuseum.com.au

 

Telegraph Museum, Porthcurno, Cornwall

telegraphmuseum.org

 

Transistor Museum

http://semiconductormuseum.com 

 

Washford Radio Museum (relocating to Watchet, Somerset)

www.orbem.co.uk/misc/washford.htm

 

Wireless in Wales Museum (Amgueddfa Gwefr Heb Wifrau)

https://cwmulus.wordpress.com/about

 

Ye Olde Hurdy Gurdy Museum Of Vintage Radio

https://sites.google.com/site/hurdygurdymuseum/home

 

 

INTERNATIONAL MUSEUMS

 

Broadcasting Museum (Bangkok, Thailand)

www.tour-bangkok-legacies.com/broadcasting-museum-bangkok.html

 

Casa da Luz (Museu de Electricidade/ Electricity Museum) (Madeira, Portugal)

www.visitmadeira.pt/en-gb/what-to-do/culture/pesquisa/electricity-museum

[see the review on pp. 64/5 of this issue of RadioUser – Ed.]

 

CB Museum (San Roque, Cadiz, Spain)

http://www.museo-cb.com

 

Cork City Gaol/ Radio Museum

https://corkcitygaol.com/radio-museum

 

Cryptomuseum (The Netherlands)

https://cryptomuseum.com/index.htm

 

Deutsches Spionage Museum Berlin (German Spy Museum)

https://www.deutsches-spionagemuseum.de/en

 

Edison Tech Centre (USA)

www.edisontechcenter.org

 

Energy History Museum Hanover (Germany)

https://www.energiegeschichte.de/de/ausstellung/sonderausstellungen/auf-empfang.html

https://www.goettinger-tageblatt.de/Mehr/Bilder/Fotostrecken/Radiogeschichte-im-Energiemuseum/1

 

ENIGMA Post and Telegrafmuseum (Copenhagen Denmark)

www.enigma.dk

 

Fondazione Guglielmo Marconi (Italy)

www.fgm.it/en/home.html

 

Grimeton World Heritage Radio Station

http://grimeton.org/?lang=en

 

International Radio Museum Hans Necker (Germany)

www.internationales-radiomuseum.de

 

KGB Espionage Museum (USA)

https://kgbespionagemuseum.org/spy-radios

 

Kurrajong Radio Museum (Sydney, Australia)

http://vk2bv.org/archive/museum

 

Modesto Radio Museum (Modesto, CA, USA)
http://www.modestoradiomuseum.org

 

Museo della Radio, Poppi (Italy)

http://www.museionline.info/musei/museo-della-radio-la-soffitta-di-marconi

 

Museo della Radio, Verona (Italy)

http://www.museodellaradio.com

 

Museum für Kommunikation Berlin (Germany)

www.mfk-berlin.de

www.mfk-berlin.de/besuch

 

Museum of Communication, Bo’ness, Scotland

http://www.mocft.co.uk

 

Museum of Broadcast Communications (MBC) (Chicago, USA)

www.museum.tv/index.htm

 

Museum of Radio and Technology (Huntingdon, West Virginia, USA)
www.mrtwv.org

 

Music Point Radio Museum (Auckland, New Zealand)

http://musickpointradio.org/musick-memorial-radio-station-today/ground-floor/radio-museum

 

Muzium Telecom Negara (National Telecommunications Museum) (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

http://muziumtelekom.com.my

 

National Cryptologic Museum (USA)

https://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic-heritage/museum

 

Nicola Tesla Museum (Belgrade)

https://nikolateslamuseum.org

 

Olens Radiomuseum (Belgium)

www.radiomuseum-olen.be

 

Police Scanner Museum (The Netherlands)

www.scannermuseum.nl/index.html

 

Radio and Phono Museum (France)

www.tsf36.fr/eindex.htm

 

Radio- und Telefonmuseum Radio- im Verstärkeramt e.V. (Rheda-Wiedenbrück)

https://www.verstaerkeramt.eu

 

Radiomuseum Duisburg (Germany)

http://www.radiomuseum-duisburg.de

 

Radiomuseum Gothenburg (Radiomuseet i Göteborg)

http://wordpress.radiomuseet.se

 

Radio Museum Innsbruck (Austria)

www.radiomuseum-schuchter.at

 

Radiomuseum Köln (Cologne, Germany)

www.radiomuseum-koeln.de

 

Radio Museum Thessaloniki (Greece)

http://radiomuseum.gr

 

Ringsted Radiomuseum (Ringsted, Denmark)

http://www.radiomuseum.dk

 

Rundfunkmuseum Cham (Germany)

https://www.chamer-rundfunkmuseum.de

https://www.chamer-rundfunkmuseum.de/test (video)

 

Rundfunkmuseum Fürth (Germany)

www.rundfunkmuseum.fuerth.de

 

Rundfunk- und Fernsehmuseum Bissendorf (Germany)

http://www.radiomuseum-bissendorf.de/

 

Sandford Mill Museum

https://www.chelmsford.gov.uk/museums

 

Scottish Maritime Museum, Irvine

https://www.scottishmaritimemuseum.org

 

Museum of Code Practice Oscillators (N4MW)

http://www.n4mw.com/cplist.htm

 

Telegrafregimentets Historiske Samling (Denmark)

(The Historical Collection of the Danish Signal Regiment)

https://tinyurl.com/ybdgeh6q

 

Tesla Science Centre at Wardenclyffe (USA)

https://teslasciencecenter.org/

 

Tørning & Mølle Radioutstilling (Old Radio Collection, Vojens, Denmark)

https://toerning-moelle.dk/radioudstilling

 

Wende Museum of the Cold War (Los Angeles, USA)

http://www.wendemuseum.org

 

 

© and updated: Georg Wiessala, Tuesday, 31 August 2021