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Radio Enters the Home exhibition opens to great acclaim

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Radio Enters the Home exhibition opens to great acclaim

The new Radio Enters the Home exhibition has been opened to great acclaim at Cambridge Museum of Technology . It is located in the Pye Building alongside the permanent Pye exhibition. It celebrates 100 Years of the BBC bringing radio into the home and the first radios made by Cambridge company Pye. Some 25 of the earliest Pye radios made between 1922 and 1932 are on display, together with panels outlining the history of the BBC and how radio helped Pye grow to become the largest company in Cambridge.

It is open to the public every Saturday and Sunday between 10.30am and 4pm until October included in the normal museum ticket. Tours of the exhibition are given by ex-Pye emplyees on the second Sunday of the month starting on 12 Februarys at 2 pm. The opening has been widely featured on BBC Look East , ITV Anglia news and BBC radio Cambridgeshire.

BBC feature on Cambridge Museum of Technology’s 2023 exhibition “Radio Enters the Home

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How Radio Works by Pye History Trust

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How Radio Works by Pye History Trust

Dr Bob Bates, Pye History Trust and Cambridge Museum of Technology volunteer describes how a pair of online videos he has produced to support the Pye Story exhibition at the museum explain radio in straightforward terms suitable for school students and new enthusiasts who wish to understand the basics.

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