Radiomuseum Duisburg

About the museum

The Radiomuseum Duisburg was founded in 1994 from a private initiative of radio collectors and is based in the Ruhrort district. It is run by a friends' association whose members look after the house on a volunteer basis.

On around 350 square meters, the permanent exhibition, organized by decade, traces the development of radio reception, from early crystal and tube sets of the 1920s through the Volksempfänger and postwar classics to devices of the 1970s. The collection is complemented by gramophones, record players, tape machines and television consoles; a recreated living room shows the place radio held in the everyday life of earlier generations.

Many of the several hundred exhibits still work and are demonstrated on request. The museum also sees itself as a meeting place for those interested in the history of radio and technology.

Highlights

• Several hundred radio sets from about five decades
• Many working tube receivers
• Gramophones, tape machines and television consoles
• Recreated living room from the early days of broadcasting

Permanent exhibitions

• Radiogeschichte von den 1920er bis zu den 1970er Jahren – Exhibition organized by decade with receivers, phonographs and tape recorders; numerous devices are still in working order.

Founded

1994

Operated by

Förderverein Radiomuseum Duisburg e. V.

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