The Broadcast Engineering Museum based at Hemsewell Cliff in Lincolnshire will open its doors to the public next month.
The Museum is taking part in Heritage Open Days on 14th and 15th September.
Exhibits include a Marconi MkII camera used to televise Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation in 1953, working outside broadcast trucks dating back to the 1960s, a transmitter that broadcast BBC1 to London from Crystal Palace until digital switchover in 2012, and an Eidophor projector that was used to show boxing matches at the Odeon Leicester Square in the 1970s.
The museum houses what is described as the most important collection of radio and television broadcast technology in Europe. The newest display is a series of rooms showcasing the development of television lighting.
Paul Marshall, chair of the Broadcast Engineering Conservation Group, the organisation behind the museum, said: “Our displays don’t just fascinate visitors with an engineering background, or those interested in broadcasting history, but also the simply curious. They are astonished by the innovation, ingenuity and manufacturing excellence that made broadcasting work years ago.
- Preserving TV’s technological heritage
“Today’s digital technology now makes the technology lightweight, universal and global, but it’s been a long evolution. At our last open days in May, visitors enjoyed the opportunities to handle some of the old equipment and to learn more about it from our guided tours. These included a look behind the scenes at our building, a huge former RAF sergeants’ mess built in 1936, which has its own remarkable history.”
More details about the open days are available here.
