The Radio & Television Museum is a gathering place for visitors, docents, volunteers and other individuals who are interested in the development of American broadcasting. The Museum, which opened in 1999, is operated by the Maryland-based Radio History Society.

Visitors to the Museum will get to explore the history of radio starting from the earliest wireless telegraph of Marconi to the primitive crystal sets from the 1920s, cathedrals from the depression period, post-War plastic portables, and the development of television. The museum occupies the 1906 Harmel House, which used to be an old storekeeper?s residence in the village of Mitchellville in south Bowie. The Radio History Society, together with the City of Bowie, presents the history of broadcasting, a medium that has influenced people?s lives from its invention until today.*

Visitors can participate in the museum and its activities. The Museum is visited by people who are interested in receivers; old radio broadcasts early television shows, as well as broadcast history. Tours of the Museum showcases a collection of vintage receivers and other related memorabilia. Among the displays, visitors will get to see a 40-lb. portable radio, Philco ?Mystery? remote control, radio that can take pictures, and many others.