Television and radio

Iain Logie Baird is certain that the Model B Televisor in our collection was tuned in to the very first television broadcast. That’s a lot of history in one object.

Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation put television on the map. Iain Baird looks at some of the objects in our archive that document that momentous day in TV history.

Brian Liddy looks back at the Museum Exile of 1997—when all the objects in our collection (along with their curators) went on an adventure to Halifax.

We’ll be counting down to the big 3-0 by sharing some of our biggest achievements and most interesting collection items, and we want you to share your memories.

Robbie Cooper’s Immersion project captures images of people as they become immersed in different types of media—and now you can get involved.

Curator Iain Logie Baird deciphers the profound cultural meanings surrounding the Nightingale phenomenon.

Fireball XL5, Stingray, Captain Scarlet, and most notably Thunderbirds made Gerry Anderson a big name in children’s television—but this was never his intention.

The BBC is donating almost 1,000 historical objects to the museum as part of its 90th anniversary celebrations. Why is this collection important, and what are we going to do with it?

Special guests always spark interest among staff and visitors alike. When the guest happened to be Sir David Attenborough, it’s fair to say excitement levels at the museum reached fever pitch.

We’ve got a couple of video clips to share from Barbara Windsor’s visit to the museum. Watch her discuss EastEnders and THAT scene in Carry On Camping…

Television is such an intimate part of most of our lives that any discussion of its origins automatically incites a host of personal emotional responses uncommon to other inventions.

The first public demonstration of television in the UK took place in 1926. Trace the development of TV from then up to the 2010s with our timeline.