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Information Age Gallery: Broadcast

Television and radio networks transformed the spread of information. Discover thermionic valves, the first radio transmitter, television's digital transformation and more on display in the Information Age Gallery.

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Liquid-filled plastic lens television magnifier, 1935-1965

Radio Communication

1935-1965

Bush TV22 Television Receiver, 1945-1955

Radio Communication

1945-1955

Gecophone crystal detector radio set no. 1, 1923

Radio Communication

1923

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

Electronic Components

1889

BBC Marconi AXBT ribbon microphone

Radio Communication

1944-1959

'Digit Al' soft toy, 2008

Television

2008

Pye 'Cambridge International' 11-band broadcast receiver, 1953

Radio Communication

1953

Three-valve radio receiver, 1922-1925

Radio Communication

1922-1925

Nokia 'Mediamaster' set-top box, 1997-2002

Computing & Data Processing

1997-2002

Marconi Mark II television camera head, 1951

Television

1951

Video Networks Limited (HomeChoice) set top box, 2000-2006

Television

2000-2006

Savoy Hill 'Meat Safe' Microphone Stand

Television

1923

Pace DSL4000 IPTV set-top box with Remote Control

Television

2001

Marconi-Reis transverse-current carbon microphone

Radio Communication

1925-1935

Sargrove sprayed circuit radio receiver production prototype, 1936-1948

Electronic Components

1936-1948

Bush Internet TV, 2001

Telecommunications

2001

Amplion loud speaker with wooden horn, 1925

Radio Communication

1925

Radio Times volume 1 No. 1, 1923

Radio Communication

1923

Ekco AD75 radio receiver, 1946

Radio Communication

1946

Main part of Marconi 1.5KW transmitter from 2LO

Radio Communication

1922-1925

two-valve short wave radio - telephonic receiver, 1927

Radio Communication

1927

Model of a Television Set Tammeter, 1955-1965

Time Measurement

1955-1965

Marconi-Sykes Magnetophone

Television

1923

Popular Wireless no. 1 vol. 1, 1922

Radio Communication

1922

Pace TDS850NB HD satellite receiver for Sky+ HD, 2008

Television

2008

Home made 30-line televisor, 1934

Radio Communication

1934

BBC L1 lip microphone, 1937-1960

Television

1937-1960

Model of the Post Office Tower, 2014

Telecommunications

2014

Murphy 14-inch Band I/Band III television receiver, 1954

Radio Communication

1954

Volume 1 No. 1 of "Television" monthly magazine, 1928

Radio Communication

1928

ON Digital set top box decoder card, 1998-2002

Computing & Data Processing

1998-2002

Amateur radio call books, 1938 and 1951

Radio Communication

1938 and 1951

Primax moving iron loudspeaker, 1924-1927

Radio Communication

1924-1927

Rexophone crystal set with two pairs of Telefunken headphones (out of three), 1923-1930

Radio Communication

1923-1930

six-stage super heterodyne receiver processed on the ECME system, 1936-1955

Radio Communication

1936-1955

Post Office Telecommunications videophone, 1977

Telecommunications

1977

Pye B16T television receiver

Television

1946-1948

Loewe multiple valve radio receiver, 1926-1935

Radio Communication

1926-1935

'Radio Times' volume 119 (Coronation Edition)

Archive

May 1953

BT Voyager 2000 interactive TV system, 1995

Computing & Data Processing

1995

television receiver built from 'Premier Radio' kit, 1945-1955

Radio Communication

1945-1955

novelty crystal radio set, 1925-1930

Radio Communication

1925-1930

Experimental form 1 (Licence to use Wireless Telegraph), 1905

Radio Communication

1905

Voigt condenser microphone

Radio Communication

1920-1940

Bush Internet TV Keyboard, 2001

Telecommunications

2001

C.W. transmitter/receiver, Mk.1, 1917

Radio Communication

1917

Silicon crystal for wireless telegraphy, mounted in a locket, 1906-1916

Radio Communication

1906-1916

Brownie crystal receiver and pair of Lissen headphones, 1924-1927

Radio Communication

1924-1927

Sony PlayStation3 games console, 2007-2010

Computing & Data Processing

2007-2010

A-52 Murphy Radio Receiver, 1938-1939

Radio Communication

1938-1939