RadioMuseum Cologne, Broadcasting museum in Dellbrück, Cologne, Germany
RadioMuseum Cologne is a broadcasting museum in Dellbrück housing a large collection of radio devices, amplifiers, and related equipment from different periods. The space displays objects showing how these technologies evolved from their origins through to today.
The Fördergesellschaft Radiomuseum Köln e.V. was founded in 1999 to build a radio museum and open it to the public. Its displays trace broadcasting from early local stations received on detector radios with headphones, through electron-tube sets that still lacked speakers, to modern transistor radios. In 2016, 22 exhibits were shown at the Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln in the exhibition RADIO Zeit.
The museum shows how radio shaped daily life and what devices made it possible. Visitors can see how technology evolved from simple beginnings to modern systems.
The museum opens Tuesday to Sunday from 10 am to 5 pm and admission is free. Guided tours are available on request, and there is a gift shop with souvenirs and books on radio technology. It stands in Dellbrück, in the east of Cologne.
In 2016, 22 pieces from the collection were shown at the Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln in the exhibition "RADIO Zeit — Röhrengeräte, Design-Ikonen, Internetradio", running from 19 January to 5 June.
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