Communications & Electronics Museum - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

ResearchR · 15th Aug 2015, 9:09 am

Hello! I am trying to find if this still exists as I have been trying to find it on the web to no avail. Does anyone know? I am trying to find a suitable home for a collection of vintage books and kit. Thanks.

kenneth · 15th Aug 2015, 9:57 am

Are you thinking of the National Media Museum in Bradford?

radioman · 15th Aug 2015, 11:01 am

There's also the Museum of Communication in Fife :- http://mocft.co.uk/

ResearchR · 15th Aug 2015, 11:45 am

Thanks for your help - have dropped them a note. I'm keen to find it a good home!

Radio Wrangler · 15th Aug 2015, 1:53 pm

It's a Saturday, so the MoC should be open, so you could give them a ring
01592 is the Burntisland/Kircaldy code 874836.

This is the collection Harry Matthews started at the university of Edinburgh. It outgrew the Kings buildings foyer and filled a cinema. Thanks to the lottery fund and alot of private donations, it now has a permanent home.

David

Sean Williams · 15th Aug 2015, 5:59 pm

I'm a trustee of the Communications and Electronics Museum Trust (last located at Bletchley Park) we no longer acquire exhibits, just exist as an entity that provides some grants and support for other similar organisations

Ed_Dinning · 15th Aug 2015, 7:19 pm

Hi, if you cannot contact the museum you could try the IET archives if they are of historical significance.

Ed

greenstar · 19th Aug 2015, 3:31 pm

You may consider the BVWS, British Vintage Wireless Museum. http://www.bvws.org.uk/
Mike on this forum presides over auctions. The museum probably hasn't room for unexceptional things, but they can be auctioned off, find good homes, and the funds go to keeping the museum afloat.

15th Aug 2015, 9:09 am	#1
ResearchR Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: North Yorkshire, UK. Posts: 2	Communications & Electronics Museum Hello! I am trying to find if this still exists as I have been trying to find it on the web to no avail. Does anyone know? I am trying to find a suitable home for a collection of vintage books and kit. Thanks.

15th Aug 2015, 9:57 am	#2
kenneth Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK. Posts: 173	Re: Communications & Electronics Museum Are you thinking of the National Media Museum in Bradford?

15th Aug 2015, 11:01 am	#3
radioman Heptode Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Ayr, Ayrshire, UK. Posts: 631	Re: Communications & Electronics Museum There's also the Museum of Communication in Fife :- http://mocft.co.uk/

15th Aug 2015, 11:45 am	#4
ResearchR Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: North Yorkshire, UK. Posts: 2	Re: Communications & Electronics Museum Thanks for your help - have dropped them a note. I'm keen to find it a good home!

15th Aug 2015, 1:53 pm	#5
Radio Wrangler Moderator Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Fife, Scotland, UK. Posts: 22,902	Re: Communications & Electronics Museum It's a Saturday, so the MoC should be open, so you could give them a ring 01592 is the Burntisland/Kircaldy code 874836. This is the collection Harry Matthews started at the university of Edinburgh. It outgrew the Kings buildings foyer and filled a cinema. Thanks to the lottery fund and alot of private donations, it now has a permanent home. David __________________ Can't afford the volcanic island yet, but the plans for my monorail and the goons' uniforms are done

15th Aug 2015, 5:59 pm	#6
Sean Williams Dekatron Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: St.Ippolyts, Hitchin, Hertfordshire QRA IO91UW Posts: 3,518	Re: Communications & Electronics Museum I'm a trustee of the Communications and Electronics Museum Trust (last located at Bletchley Park) we no longer acquire exhibits, just exist as an entity that provides some grants and support for other similar organisations __________________ Engineers make things work and have spare bits when finished

15th Aug 2015, 7:19 pm	#7
Ed_Dinning Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, UK. Posts: 8,195	Re: Communications & Electronics Museum Hi, if you cannot contact the museum you could try the IET archives if they are of historical significance. Ed

19th Aug 2015, 3:31 pm	#8
greenstar Octode Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Leicester, Leics. UK. Posts: 1,685	Re: Communications & Electronics Museum You may consider the BVWS, British Vintage Wireless Museum. http://www.bvws.org.uk/ Mike on this forum presides over auctions. The museum probably hasn't room for unexceptional things, but they can be auctioned off, find good homes, and the funds go to keeping the museum afloat.