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Radio & Television Museum

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2608 Mitchellville Rd Bowie MD 20716
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(301) 390-1020
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I thought I'd like this museum more but I didn't think it was laid out well. I may have just been over museums for the day too. I might try it again, but for now I'm saying there are so many other things to see.

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City of Bowie can be found at Mitchellville Rd 2608. The following is offered: Art Museums & Galleries. The entry is present with us since Sep 7, 2010 and was last updated on Nov 12, 2013. In Bowie there are 1 other Art Museums & Galleries. An overview can be found here.

Historic radio and television artifacts are on display.

Collection of early broadcasting equipment and technology. Group tours available. Call for schedule.

The Radio & Television Museum, which is operated by the Maryland-based Radio Historical Society, showcases a history of broadcasting. The museum displays vintage equipment and even allows guests to watch TV shows on television sets from the early 1900s. Be sure to visit the museum to see the evolution of broadcasting.

See a wireless telegraph, a telegram sent from the Titanic, a crystal radio built in the 1920s, the cathedral-shaped radios of the 1930s, post-WWII plastic portable radios, and, of course, television. You're sure to find something that will make you say, "We used to have one of those." Of particular interest to Washingtonians of the 1960s and 1970s are props and sound effects used by Willard...

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