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Vintage Radio and Communications Museum of Connecticut

115 Pierson Ln, Windsor, CT 06095
860-683-2903
Ranked #1 of 2 attractions in Windsor
4.5 of 5 stars 6 Reviews
Type: History Museums
Owner description: Visit Connecticut's newest cultural attraction and learn how communications technology has changed our lives. It's fun, educational and entertaining!...... more » Owner description: Visit Connecticut's newest cultural attraction and learn how communications technology has changed our lives. It's fun, educational and entertaining! Tune radios over 80 years old... talk over candlestick telephones like your grandparents used... send a message in Morse Code... crank a phonograph and listen to 100-year-old records... see what television was like when the only color choices were black and white. Learn about the telegraph, telephone, mechanical sound recording, wireless telegraphy, radio and television, and the seeds of computers, satellite communications and the Internet. « less
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Connecticut
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66 reviews 66 reviews
Reviews in 18 cities Reviews in 18 cities
20 helpful votes 20 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 November 2011

This museum tells the history of radio, TV, and other communications technology. It's full of wonderful old machines that people of all ages will be nostalgic about. You will see old grammophones, teletype machines, telegraphs, refrigerators with radios in them, radios with bars in them, telephone relays, early computers...you name it. There are displays that show what the earliest television... More

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Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania
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14 helpful votes 14 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 4 July 2011
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We are a family of 5, with 3 kids ages 5-12. We stopped here on our way from Boston to Pennsylvania. We found the listing in the AAA Tourbook, as we were looking for something to stop an see for a about an hour. We ended up staying much longer. They have much more inside than you would guess from... More

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Derry, New Hampshire
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 16 May 2010

My husband and I decided to check out the museum and found it to be very interesting. Mr. Ed Sax was a great tour guide and gave us a lot of interesting information. From the outside of it you wouldn't think that it has that much to offer but once you are inside you can spend a good two hours... More

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Salt Lake City, UT
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 30 April 2010

We thought this was a very interesting display. It's a small operation. The owner was our "tour guide". The two of us were "the group". We spent an hour or a bit more and throughly enjoyed our "trip through time". It's always weird to go to museums and see items you remember using in past years. There have been a... More

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Prospect, CT
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 October 2009

My wife and I visited the Vintage Radio and Communications Museum of Connecticut yesterday and we were shocked... this is a really good museum. It's a hidden gem. We though we'd spend an hour there but after a couple of hours, we need to go back to see the rest. The name of this museum really does not do it... More

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Windsor CT
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4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 19 June 2008
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The museum is a treasure-trove of communications historical elements from early telegraph and telephone devices through vintage audio and video recording equipment. They even have an operational ham radio studio and reel-to-reel recording studio! A must for kids and hours of fun and an educational experience for all! Highly recommended! More

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