Pavek Museum of Broadcasting The premier audio museum in the United States, open to the public in St. Louis Park, Minnesota (near Minneapolis/St. Paul). Extensive collections of antique radio, television, recording and broadcast equipment. Home to the Jack Mullin Collection, documenting the arrival and early development of magnetic tape recording in North America.
Museum of Sound Recording Founded in 1991, a “hands-on” museum with education as part of its mission. The Museum has led a peripatetic existence, and is currently without a location open to the public. Plans are underway, however, to move to a site in Yonkers, just outside New York City.
Vidipax Museum Bricks-and-mortar museum of wire, reel-to-reel and other format audio recorders, along with video recorders. Located at headquarters of Vidipax, magnetic media restoration company in New York City. Well-designed web site has photos and information of selection of machines on display.
Magnetic Disk Heritage Center Based in the building in San Jose in which IBM scientists invented the hard disk drive, an MDHC display of the historical events that occurred here is now located in the building and available for public viewing.
Memphis Rock’n’Soul Museum Recreation of early Sun Records recording studio in Memphis
Smithsonian Institution Computer History Collection 14,000 square foot display at the National Museum of American History devoted to the history of the computer.
Stax Museum Project underway to create museum honoring pivotal soul label in Memphis, including studio.
Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin Encyclopedic museum of technology; of particular interest is the film technology section. Soon to be the home of the Thiele papers.
History of Public Address Interesting website, with physical museum, located in the UK. As the name implies, devoted to PA equipment, with some specialization in WW2 air base kit.
Prittlewell Priory Communications Museum Located in Essex, UK, the “museum… houses a major "communications" display, centred around the products of the EKCO (E.K. Cole) factory which used to stand in Priory Crescent, just to the north of the Priory.”
National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, Bradford, Yorkshire, UK Large facility in north of England focused on visual media, with some attention paid to the technology for same
American Widescreen Museum Site focused on the history of sound in the movies. Extensive archives available online. Equipment viewed by invitation only.
Ampex Virtual Museum Online resource for information on Ampex recorders
Chalk Hill Virtual Museum East Texas video and audio recording history site, with active equipment acquisition program.
The Computer History Museum Just what you’d think – specializing in post-WW2 electronic computers. Well-done, comprehensive web site.
Museum of Broadcast Communications Located in Chicago, an archive-focused center devoted to the history of radio and TV in the US.
Museum of the Moving Image (UK) Part of the British Film Institute, although with only secondary attention to film sound..
Stefano Pasini's Turntable and Tape Recorder Page: History, Restoration, Modification of reel-to-reel tape decks (with consumer focus) and turntables. Extensive private collection of both.
Russian Microphone Museum Web-only information resource on Russian microphones
Twelve Microphones That Changed History Reprint of Mix Magazine article on vintage microphones.
Vintage Broadcast Microphones. Private site focused on broadcast microphones. Includes links for parts and repair.