Museum of Broadcasting

I LOVE THIS PLACE SO MUCH! it deserved those caps. i spent hours here and i still feel like there was things to see. it was well organized but also choatic and i loved it. i learned alot here, and you are able to actually touch items. get lost in the era. its cheap to get in and i cant imagine a better way to spend $ 8 and a few hours time. when i come back to minneapolis i willl be coming back for another turn around this funland. oh btw the staff was super friendly, knowledgeable and even reccomended other fun kitschy things in the area. win win win.

Well worth the trip in you are in the Twin City area. They also have a Ham Station for you ham radio operators.

Tucked away in suburbia, this museum packs a punch! Endless gizmos at which to gawk, many hands on demos for kids, and a museum staff which is clearly passionate about the subject matter.

I can’t believe there’s only one other review. I understand that radios (ham, shortwave, broadcast, TV, etc.) is a bit of a narrow interest, but this has got to be one of the best telecommunications museums in the world, and I don’t say that lightly.
You can get a little audio/​visual device that will help you along on a self-​guided tour (if you want one, I think they are free with admission, which is a very reasonable $ 7). You punch in the numbers on any exhibit you want to learn more about and a short video or audio clip plays to give you more information, or a demonstration of how the device works.
A surprising amount of items here are hands-​on. I played a real Theremin (I have seen real ones but there are very few places that will let you play it…)
When I was there, only a handful of other patrons were visiting. The curator/​manager (?) came out of his office and asked if we’d like to see something special. Then he proceeded to demonstrate several of the hands-​off pieces from the museum’s collection, including the spark-​gap transmitter, the first audio tape player in the USA, some early record players, and even took us into the back room and showed us some of the pieces they are restoring and working on.
I spent about 3 hours here and there was still more left to see.
Tip: I believe there are often large school tours here so if this affects your enjoyment, you may want to call ahead and check.
Tip: This is also called the Pavek Museum.

My wife and I had a two for one coupon to enter this Nation wide known museum and we caught up to a tour of about five personas making their way through the tour.
It starts out detailing how the initial radio signals were sent which was pretty cool, and then you enter a room filled with about 300 kinds of radios and how they were used. It leads to the development of TV. When you see see the original version of TV, it makes the tour almost like something you can not believe.
The guide we had was fantastic and the whole tour is really fact filled over the years of radio.
With the two for one from the Entertainment Book, it was a cool hour or so.
I am a big historical guy and love to learn how stuff began, I was in heaven.
We are very lucky to be this close to see this many old transmission mediums!