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Good radio museum in Conn. (just south of Springfield MA)

raccoonradio

raccoonradio

Yes this is the Boston board but I wanted to tell the Boston board regulars about it, even though it's in Windsor CT just south of the MA/CT line. I didn't even know about till I was driving north on I-91 and saw a sign that said "Antique Radio Museum" at a certain exit that went to Windsor. You drive into Windsor on Rt 75 or 159, etc. and near the downtown area you follow signs for "Historical Museum"... It's called the Vintage Radio and Communications Museum of Connecticut, and it's across from a tobacco field (yet very close to downtown). It had old radios, TVs, computers, phone and telephone equipment, projectors, transmitters, telegraph
equipment, record players, and more, from the late 1800s till maybe the 1980s.

There was lots of info, a ham radio shack, and interesting old models. Might find it interesting.

http://vrcmct.org/

Directions: http://vrcmct.org/directions.html (open Thu-Sun)
 
I don't want to make this sound like an ad but I think they sell DVDs on how to fix antique radios (you may already know how!). I do have some pix which I'll prob put on Facebook but in the meantime, if anyone is inclined to want to see such a musuem and you're in the area, there you go.
 
raccoonradio said:
Yes this is the Boston board but I wanted to tell the Boston board regulars about it, even though it's in Windsor CT just south of the MA/CT line. I didn't even know about till I was driving north on I-91 and saw a sign that said "Antique Radio Museum" at a certain exit that went to Windsor. You drive into Windsor on Rt 75 or 159, etc. and near the downtown area you follow signs for "Historical Museum"... It's called the Vintage Radio and Communications Museum of Connecticut, and it's across from a tobacco field (yet very close to downtown). It had old radios, TVs, computers, phone and telephone equipment, projectors, transmitters, telegraph
equipment, record players, and more, from the late 1800s till maybe the 1980s.

There was lots of info, a ham radio shack, and interesting old models. Might find it interesting.

http://vrcmct.org/

Directions: http://vrcmct.org/directions.html (open Thu-Sun)
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They featured this place this week or last week on Better Connecticut the local talk show that airs on WFSB Channel 3 at 3PM Weekdays.
 
Oh that's right, I heard some of the volunteers talking and one said "Did you see (person)'s appearance on Better Connecticut last week?" Maybe it's on the show's site if these is one...

ah here is it! Part 1
http://www.wfsb.com/story/15098439/scot-visits-the-ct-radio-museum

2: http://www.wfsb.com/story/15106160/scot-visits-the-ct-radio-museum-part-2

3: http://www.wfsb.com/story/15113554/scot-visits-the-ct-radio-museum-part-3

4 http://www.wfsb.com/story/15121978/scot-visits-the-ct-radio-museum-part-4

5: http://www.wfsb.com/story/15129677/scot-visits-the-ct
 
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