Museum of Radio and Technology

You drive up to what’s apparently an old school. Inside the double doors of the former cafeteria, there’s a stainless steel counter with a docent. The docent will walk around giving you a personal guided tour. There are no restrictions on photography. The building looks wheelchair accessible — if you can get the steel entry doors open.
Each room of the building has artifacts related to a theme. One room is full of old vacuum tube (British English=valve) type broadcast receivers from the first days of AM radio until transistors. There is a display case set up to look like a store where you would buy replacement tubes. There are more antique dry cell batteries than I’ve ever seen in one place. Another room is chock full of Amateur Radio equipment and CB radios. Yet another has broadcasting equipment. There are others.
There’s some very cool broadcast stuff here. One of the first black and white studio television cameras from the 1930s is on display. There’s a 3-​inch reel-​to-​reel video tape recorder newer than the Ampex model displayed in Stanford’s Green Library. There is a studio-​transmitter link radio and a couple of radio broadcast transmitters.
This place is a must-​see for technology geeks and history buffs. This is especially true if you’re someone who recognizes the letters VTR on a patch panel. (VTR=Video Tape Recorder.)