North American Radio, TV, Electronics, and Phonograph Museums and Libraries

Updated July 2025

Antique Wireless Association Museum
Bloomfield, NY
Early radio, ham radio, a little TV
antiquewireless.org

Asheville Radio Museum
Asheville, NC
Radio and ham radio
avlradiomuseum.org

Bay Area Radio Museum
Alameda, CA
Radio and a little TV
Californiahistoricalradio.org

Chatham Marconi Maritime Center
Chatham, MA
Wireless Receiving Station
Chathammarconi.org

Early Television Museum
Hilliard, OH
Best museum of early television
earlytelevision.org

Edison Museum of the Phonograph
Ste. Anne de Beaupre, Quebec
Phonographs and music machines
phono.org/beaupre-en.html

Hammond Museum of Radio
Guelph, Ontario
Radio and ham radio
hammondmuseumofradio.org

Info Age
Wall, NJ
Civilian and military, radio, TV computers
infoage.org

International Vacuum Tube Museum
Denver, CO
Tube and radio history
Museumsusa.org/museums/info/23163

Johnson Victrola Museum
Dover, DE
Phonographs
history.delaware.gov/johnson-victrola-museum

Library of American Broadcasting
University of Maryland/College Park, MD
Extensive radio/TV broadcasting library
tvradiolibrary.org/about-the-library

Marconi National Historic Site
Glace Bay, Nova Scotia
parks.canada.ca/lhn-nhs/ns/marconi

Museum of Broadcast Communications
Chicago, IL
Radio & TV broadcasting
museum.tv

Museum of Broadcast Technology
Woonsocket, RI
Studio equipment
wmbt.org

Museum of Radio & Technology
Huntington, WV
Radio and some television
mrtwv.org

MZTV Museum of Television and Archive
Toronto, Ontario
Television history
mztv.com

National Capital Radio & Television Museum
Bowie, MD
Radio & TV in the home
ncrtv.org

National Electronics Museum
Hunt Valley, MD

nationalelectronicsmuseum.org

National Voice of America Museum and Gray History of Wireless Museum
West Chester, OH
Former VOA high power transmitting station and early radio collection
voamuseum.org

New England Wireless and Steam Museum
E. Greenwich, RI
Early radio and steam engines
newsm.org

Paley Center for Media
New York City
History of programs
paleycenter.org

Pavek Museum
St. Louis Park, MN
Mostly radio, ham radio, broadcasting
pavekmuseum.org

Radiomuseum.org
Online database of radio models

S.P.A.R.C. Museum (Society for the Preservation of Radio in Canada)
Coquitlam, British Columbia
Radio, military electronics, submarine cable
Sparcradio.ca

Spark Museum of Electrical Invention
Bellingham, WA
Radio and electrical apparatus
sparkmuseum.org

Texas Broadcast Museum
Kilgore, TX
Radio/TV history
Texasbroadcastmuseum.org

Vintage Radio and Communications Museum of Connecticut
East Windsor, CT
Radio, a little on movies and television
vrcmct.org