Visit for Two or an Annual Individual Membership to the Museum of Broadcast Communications (Up to 58% Off)
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Museum of Broadcast Communications
From the first televised presidential debates between Kennedy and Nixon to Neil Armstrong using his smartphone to check in at the moon, some of society’s most formative moments are products of major advances in communication technology. 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.
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About The Museum of Broadcast Communications
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.