What is
The Broadcasting Museum?
Broadcasting was one of the most significant factors in the development of 20th century culture. For the first time, one person could address a nation simultaneously in their own homes. News, music and entertainment could be made available to all who wanted it. A single teacher could teach a million people, a single musician could play before an audience that would have been undreamed of in the previous century.
The technology of radio and television has changed enormously over a relatively short time, and artefacts from even the recent past have become outdated so fast that they have all but disappeared. The Broadcasting Museum was set up in 1994 to tell the story of these once-familiar objects in the context of the rapidly changing twentieth century. It is a private collection, and the museum, which was part of On The Air, relied solely on admission charges. It has attracted a lot of acclaim, and has been seen by thousands of visitors from all over the world.
However, due to the expiry of the lease on the premises in Chester, the Museum closed at the end of September 2000. This is not to say that the collection will be dispersed, as it has been bought by the BBC to form the nucleus of a national exhibition of British Broadcasting.
You have missed the chance to visit the Museum in it's original setting, but you can take a virtual tour right now without leaving your seat.
