Early Television Museum

Explore the invention and technology of the television, old cameras, and a mobile production van in the nation’s only television devoted museum.Over 150 TV sets are on display in a 6000 square foot area. Displays include mechanical TVs from the 1920s and 30s; early electronic British sets from 1936-39; early electronic American sets from 1939-41; postwar sets from1945-58; and early color sets from 1953-57. Many of these sets are working. The Dave Johnson collection of early television picture tubes is also on display, along with early TV studio equipment. The Museum is open on weekends (Saturdays 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. & Sundays Noon - 5 p.m.) and by appointment.There is no admission charge to the museum, but donations are welcomed.The Early Television Museum is located at the beginning of the Heritage Rail Trail bike in Old Hilliard.