Bremen Radio Museum
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The Bremen Radio Museum was founded in 1978 by radio enthusiast radio collectors and exhibits approx. 700 exhibits on 400 m² of exhibition space in the Bremen district of Findorff . The collection includes devices from 80 years of radio , phono and television history as well as marine radio . Exhibits from all areas can be put into operation and demonstrated during guided tours.
The museum is run on a voluntary basis by the Bremer Rundfunkmuseum eV association
history
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The museum association emerged from a group of twenty CB radio operators who, looking for their own club rooms, applied for vacant rooms in the slaughterhouse extension in 1978 . In the usage concept, they mentioned wanting to offer an auxiliary service for drivers who are unfamiliar with the area and plans to build up a historical radio and television collection and display it to the public. The first open day at the slaughterhouse was held on February 11, 1978. The collection consisted of devices decommissioned by Radio Bremen and companies from the surrounding area. Half a year later, through cooperation with the Findorff citizens' association, rooms in the empty, neighboring, former butcher's department store of the slaughterhouse were able to be moved into, and the club had to renovate it itself.
The Bremen Radio Museum was opened in the new rooms on September 12, 1978 . The museum was first mentioned in 1980 in the brochure of the Senate for Art and Museums in Bremen and Bremerhaven and has since been part of publications by the cultural authority and the tourist office.
Since 1981 handicraft activities for children have been carried out at events such as the Weserlust or the playground program, where, for example, detector receivers are tinkered with simple electronic components .
After approval of a job creation measure for an employee in March 1986, the museum can also be regularly opened to visitors during the week.
In 1987 the association Bremer Rundfunkmuseum eV was granted non-profit status.
Radio Bremen also took part in an exhibition in the lower town hall in 1987, as well as in a large exhibition in the Roland-Center Huchting in 1992 , which resulted in invitations to other shopping centers :
- 1992 Saarpark-Center Neunkirchen ,
- 1992 Olympic shopping center Munich ,
- 1993 ECE Center Kassel ,
- 1995 Town Hall Center Ludwigshafen ,
- 1997 Franken-Center Nuremberg and
- 1998 ECE Center Erfurt .
Another move became necessary in March 2000 because the building previously used at the old slaughterhouse had to give way to the new construction of a further exhibition hall (Hall 7). The new quarter at Findorffstrasse 22-24 offers with 600 m² of floor space sufficient space to present the devices in an appealing way.
Exhibits
The exhibits, many of which have been repaired by the in-house workshop and are fully functional, range from detectors to multi-channel technology , from recording with a phonograph drum to televisions from the "early years" and video recorders of past formats.
One of the rarities is the Blaupunkt T2650W music chest from 1950. The piece of furniture with radio and record changer in a hand-made veneer case belonged to the Bremen car maker Carl Borgward . This “Borgward chest” cost about the annual wages of a worker and was donated to the museum by Borgward's widow.
A thematic expansion of the exhibition up to the 1980s is planned for the future and - with the support of Radio Bremen - the construction of a historical radio studio.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Lecture by Anneliese Budde on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Bremen Radio Museum on September 19, 2008
- ↑ Weser-Kurier of September 20, 2008: Between Borgward chest and portable radio
Coordinates: 53 ° 5 ′ 18.2 " N , 8 ° 48 ′ 23.6" E