I suppose they are closed so much because of budget cuts? I have only been
there once in 2001. They share park rangers with the other two museums
adjacent (a native American museum and a local historical museum). The ranger
that gave the tour when I was there was more attuned to the native American
museum and gave an incredibly garbled tour of the Johnson museum ("If they have
horns they are called Gramophones, if they don't they are called Victrolas",
etc.) I about bit my tongue in two before the tour was finished. I went away
without a great deal of deeper insight into ERJ himself. The phonographs are
wonderful, of course, but I really wanted to know more about ERJ as a person,
and my visit did little for that. I think Son Fen had something a bit
different in mind as a memorial to his dad. Even at that, I'm sorry to hear it
is only open one day a week.
I wish there could be a 'National Museum of Recorded Sound' endowed in
perpetuity and set up as a 501(c)3 to collect, display, and interpret the
development of the sound recording industry -- accurately and impressively --
once and for all. It would be a research center as well. In another 100
years, I think future generations would thank us.
> Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 13:30:28 +0000
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Phono-L] Johnson Victrola Museum Dover, DE
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> Update on The Johnson Victrola Museum, Dover Delaware.
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> For anyone interested, The Johnson Victrola Museum is open only on the First
> Saturday of the Month hours are 9:00 to 4:30 it's also open by appointment by
> calling 302-739-4236 to schedule a visit it's great place to put on your list
> with plenty to see & hear as some machines on display can be demonstrated.
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> Regards, Jim G.
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