"Louder Than Words: Rock, Power & Politics" - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Exhibit, Chicago

360 North State Street, Chicago, IL 60654

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"Louder Than Words: Rock, Power & Politics" - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Exhibit
922.1 mi

360 North State Street, Chicago, IL 60654

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In its collection of nearly 100,000 hours of digitized television and radio broadcasts and more than 1,800 artifacts—including the camera that broadcast the Kennedy-Nixon debate—the Museum of Broadcast Communications immortalizes the progression of media formats and their place in history. Besides historic newsreels and pivotal artifacts, the museum's curators have equally embraced the light-hearted side of communications, with collections of puppets and props from classic children's television shows and a compendium of television commercials dating back 60 years.

Elsewhere, a 17-foot tall neon and steel media tower makes for great King Kong reenactments, and features 36 monitors as well as vintage control room equipment. Museum guests are free to explore the permanent exhibits in the National Radio Hall of Fame, which houses artifacts from The Jack Benny Program and the original ventriloquist dummies from The Charlie McCarthy Show.

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Erin
1 rating|1 review
Very small-not a lot of chicago history of broadcasting-not what I was expecting-what was there was interesting -just really small-only needed about an hour to see it all-over priced even with groupon discount.
Michelle
Top reviewer
52 ratings|42 reviews
Live the museum! But i wish i could used it for the Saturday night live part thou. But still a great museum
Renee
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11 ratings|8 reviews
Fun afternoon! We even met and chatted with the director!
Donna
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10 ratings|6 reviews
A wonderful little museum. If you grew up in the Chicago area you will love it. Garfield goose, Bozo and so much more. One floor is dedicated to radio and the other floor is TV.