American Museum of Radio & Electricity

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American Museum of Radio & Electricity

 

History of AMRE

The vision that evolved into the American Museum of Radio and Electricity was born a half-century ago in Santa Barbara, California. A young man named Jonathan Winter was captivated by the programs and music that came from old radios. He loved tinkering with them and began to collect as many as he could. Through the years, he accumulated an array of radio sets and spare parts, along with schematics, recordings, and vintage magazines and manuals.

In 1985, he found a small space in the oldest part of Bellingham, Washington, and began to share his collection with other like-minded radio fans. He rather off-handedly dubbed it the Bellingham Antique Radio Museum, mindful that museums are rightfully dedicated to learning as much as to the mere display of objects.

 

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