Museum of Television and Radio

Museum of Television and Radio, American museum that chronicles the evolution of radio and television; opened in New York City as the Museum of Broadcasting in 1976. It is in effect the first public library devoted to the electronic media. There are three criteria for adding a program to the museum's collection: excellence, historical significance, and social impact. A west coast branch, which duplicates the New York branch's entire collection of 100,000 television and radio programs and 10,000 commercials spanning seven decades, was opened in Beverly Hills, Calif. in 1996.

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