Rundfunkmuseum Cham
Technology museum in Cham with more than 3,000 radios, televisions and studios, plus a hands-on experience world on physics and technology.
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About the museum
The Rundfunkmuseum in Cham shows the development of broadcasting, television, sound and image recording, and telecommunications. It is run by the nonprofit association "Das Rundfunkmuseum e. V.", founded on April 1, 2015; its first chairman is Michael Heller. The museum opened in 2017 in a former telecommunications office in Cham.
Across about 1,800 square meters, rooms arranged by period display more than 3,000 mostly working devices from over 120 years. The display ranges from mechanical sound recordings before 1900 through the beginnings of radio in the 1920s, broadcasting in the Nazi era (partly in former air-raid shelters) and the postwar years, to the radios of the Wirtschaftswunder (economic miracle) era, recording studios, Hi-Fi and television technology. Separate sections are devoted to amateur radio and a tube room; in the entrance area stand an old television and radio studio and a medium-wave transmitter from Ismaning, which broadcasts on 801 kHz.
With an extension building added in 2023, the "Erlebniswelt Physik" (Physics Experience World) and "Erlebniswelt Technik" (Technology Experience World) opened, where visitors can try out basic electrophysical principles themselves at more than 100 stations. High-voltage and high-current demonstrations are also held. After the exhibition was remodeled, the museum reopened in October 2023.
Highlights
- More than 3,000 mostly working exhibits from over 120 years
- Physics and Technology Experience Worlds with more than 100 hands-on stations
- High-voltage and high-current demonstrations
- Medium-wave transmitter at 801 kHz from Ismaning
- Tube room and amateur radio section
- Historic television and radio studio
Permanent exhibitions
- Erlebniswelt Physik und Technik – More than 100 mostly interactive stations on electrophysics and its technical applications, plus high-voltage and high-current demonstrations.
- Rundfunk- und Fernsehgeschichte in zeitlich gegliederten Räumen – Devices, studios and sound recordings from the beginnings of sound recording before 1900, through the 1920s and 1930s and the postwar period, up to home television.
- Mittelwellensender 801 kHz – A Bayerischer Rundfunk (Bavarian Broadcasting) transmitter from Ismaning, operated in the museum.
- Founded
- 2017
- Operated by
- Das Rundfunkmuseum e. V.
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €7.50 |
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| Reduced | €5Young people |
| Children & teens | €5free up to age 10 · Young people pay €5; children up to 10 years free |
| Groups | €10 per personGroups with a guided tour, per person; young people in groups €5 |
Members of the friends' association have free admission.
Accessibility
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Kids & families
Great for kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 10 |
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- Hands-on stations
The Physics and Technology Experience World invites children and adults to try things out at more than 100 stations; at events there are also experiments and hands-on activities for children. Children up to 10 years have free admission.
Getting there & parking
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | Group tours are booked via the contact form on the website. At events, there are additional hands-on tours on physics and technology. |