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Documenting Delaware's Past... Johnson Victrola Museum  Click
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| The Johnson Victrola Museum
has gained International recognition as having one of the premier collections
of its kind.
In 1967, a memorial to E.R. Johnson was created by the inventor's family and the State of Delaware. To quote Johnson's son, E.R. Fenimore Johnson, "My father was a Dover boy...and was born in Wilmington...I have decided to create a memorial to my father. The form of the memorial will be a museum section displaying talking machines, records, other relics of the Victor Talking Machine Company of Eldridge R. Johnson Manufacturing Machinist, and of such competitive products as may be needed to portray the mechanical talking machines era...By his inventive and business genius he made it possible for the first time in the world's history for good music to be heard in even the most humble home." Today, with the family's blessing, the museum has grown into a top notch museum and archive holding Johnson's personal collection and many subsequent additions. Discovered by many from around the world to be a delight in content and sound, the museum displays the sound recording industry's beginnings to the advent of the orthophonic era. Several interpretive programs hold the attention of children, adults, collectors and scholars alike. The Museum's staff continue to further enhance the collections by acquiring machines, records, memorabilia and archival material pertaining to the 1890s - 1929 period. The museum has grown over the past years, most recently with the newly completed second floor housing the Lynwood Heiges Gallery. This addition has doubled the exhibit space and contains hundreds of rare and delightful artifacts collected during Mr. Heige's lifetime. |
Johnson Victrola Museum
The Delaware State Museums in Dover
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