This museum is (not) obsolete

[ppppenguin]

Yesterday Ruth and I went to an astonishing little museum in Ramsgate: https://this-museum-is-not-obsolete.com/ I'll post some photos soon. It's owned and run by a young man called Sam Battle (he pronounces it Bartle) https://en.everybodywiki.com/Sam_Battle_..._COMPUTER)

I found the place via one of his youtube videos  which I found by accident when looking for something else: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_q...t+obsolete

PS: Not sure if this is the right section for this post but couldn't think of a better one. Mods, please move if appropriate.

[Nick]

FANTASTIC! They even have nixies.

I'll be going ASAP...
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[ppppenguin]

Not too far from you

[peter scott]

Talking of museums I was visiting Bob Smallbone on Tuesday. He has been a collector of pre-broadcast Marconi equipment for many years. His collection is not a museum but he was telling me about another recent visitor, Noreen Hann who is the curator of an absolutely incredible collection of early radio equipment in Canada.

I've never seen such a display before: https://youtu.be/Tu_hcxdWv8M

That said, entering Bob's house was also rather interesting. As I walked into his hallway I was confronted by a Marconi MkIII complete with turret lenses then a few steps up the stairs sat a Marconi AXBT microphone mounted on its stepped square base. He mentioned that he had bought it from Dennis Yates but hastened to add that he had never bought an Enigma machine!

Peter.

[pamphonica]

What an amazing museum. I wish Ramsgate were as bit closer, but it's on the list!
Thanks for highlighting it.
-Jeremy