Asheville Radio Museum
Museum
Why pick this one
Asheville Radio Museum offers free Saturday tours with 50-plus ham radios and 50-plus vintage home radios on display.
Best for
- visitors interested in vintage radios and ham radio
- STEM students seeking hands-on demonstrations of radio technology
- families interested in telegraph, telephone, phonograph, television, and early computer history
- group tours focused on communications technology
- radio collectors seeking information about vintage equipment at the annual Vintage Radio Market
Look elsewhere if
- visits needed outside Saturdays from noon to 3 p.m.
- visitors seeking a general-purpose museum rather than communications and technology exhibits
Specialties
- vintage home radio exhibits
- amateur ham radio exhibits and demonstrations
- radio discovery and history
- telegraph and telephone technology
- early phonographs, televisions, computers, and recording equipment
Certifications
- Carolina Chapter of the Antique Wireless Association affiliation
- Hosted by the A-B Tech Department of Engineering and Applied Technology
What makes them different
- 50-plus ham radios and 50-plus vintage home radios on display
- Exhibits include Samuel Morse telegraph gear, Alexander Graham Bell telephone equipment, and Thomas Edison phonographs
- Visitors can watch a live ham station and demonstrations of early radio technology
- Free admission and free parking garage access
- Museum guides demonstrate equipment and explain radio technology's role in modern devices
- Years in business
- 25
- Serves
- Asheville
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 16 Fernihurst Dr, Asheville, NC 28801
- Phone
- +15042565796
- Website
- http://www.avlradiomuseum.org/
Services
- museum exhibitions
- guided demonstrations
- self-guided museum overview
- STEM student visits
- group tours
- special appointments