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Welcome to the Early Television Foundation and Museum

The Early Television Foundation is dedicated to the preservation of the technology from the early days of television. Our mission is to preserve and make available to the public the history of early television, from the mechanical systems of the 1920s through the introduction of color television in the 1950s. The Early Television Museum and Foundation depends on donations to fund our operations. Please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to the Early Television Foundation.

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Thanks for your help in Acquiring a Very Rare GE GM-295 TV Set

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Thank you for donating. We have raised over $6,000, which will allow us to acquire the set. Here is a list of everyone who has donated.

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April Online Meeting of the Early Television Museum Community

Saturday, April 26 at 8 PM EDT

Our April Meeting will feature four segments: first, Steve McVoy will update news of the Early Television Foundation, followed by a look at an item in the museum's collection. Then, Chuck Conrad will give a presentation about what it's like to run a local radio station in 2025. Then we will have an open topic discussion. Feel free to introduce any topic you are interested in.

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Coming Soon to the Museum: Sony Chromatron and JVC TM-L450TU LCCS Video Monitor/Receiver

New display: Vintage Video Games

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Renew Your Membership for 2025 or Join the Museum Now

To date, we have 233 2025 members. This includes 9 lifetime members, 37 sustaining members. and 49 new or returning members. There are still 36 2024 members who have not yet renewed. Please renew as soon as you can.

It is time to renew your membership for 2025, or to join for the first time. Memberships  provide the funds we need to operate and improve the museum. Please renew now - the cost is only $35. Support the museum, and get these additional benefits too:
  • Free admission to the museum for you and your family
  • Discounted Convention admission fee
  • Monthly newsletter - "What's New in Old TVs"

Thanks.

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April Newsletter available to Members

If you are a 2024 member and haven't renewed, you will not be able to accesss the current newsletter. Please renew now.

Earlier newletters available to all

Mike Molnar and Robert Ring have created a monthly newsletter "What's New in Old TVs". Current month newsletter is available to museum members. Older issues are available to all.

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Less than 2 Weeks until the Early Television Museum Convention - Register Now

The 2025 Convention will be held May 2-4 at the museum in Hilliard

  • Swapmeet
  • Silent Auction
  • Live Auction
  • Presentations about early television technology, history, and collecting
  • Display of vintage video games
  • Restoraton Workshop - Setting Final Adjustments with Bob Andersen
  • Rare mechanical, prewar and color sets will be demonstrated
  • Meet and socialize with others interested in early television

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The Museum has a good stock of NOS and good used CRTs for sale. We also have many NOS flybacks, yokes and transformers for sale.

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The Museum is open Saturdays from 10 to 6 and Sundays 12 to 5

 

 
 

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Recent Additions to our Collection

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RCA TK-25 prototype film chain

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ATC Kinet

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General Electric GM-295

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RCA CTC-5 Asbury

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Sylvania Slide Theater

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RCA CTC-7 Abington

In the Museum's Collection

  • Mechanical television
  • Early electronic television
  • American postwar television
  • British, and European postwar TV
  • Early color television
  • Mechanical broadcast equipment
  • Early electronic broadcast equipment
  • Postwar broadcast equipment
  • Color broadcast equipment
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  • Early electronic picture tubes
  • Postwar picture tubes
  • Color picture tubes
  • Early electronic television antennas
  • Postwar television antennas
  • Postwar television accessories
  • Early electronic television test equipment
  • Dealer display Items
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5396 Franklin St., Hilliard, OH 43026
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