Luis del Olmo Radio Museum
General Data
Gil y Carrasco, 7- "Coats of Arms" House
24400 Ponferrada
Location at the city map
Telephone: +34 987 456 262
Visits: Everyday (Closed on Mondays)
Opening hours:
from 11:00 to 14:00 h.
from 16:00 to 19:00 h. (October to April)
from 17:00 to 20:30 h. (May to September)
Sundays and public holidays: from 11:00 to 14:00 h.
24400 Ponferrada
Location at the city mapTelephone: +34 987 456 262
Visits: Everyday (Closed on Mondays)
Opening hours:
from 11:00 to 14:00 h.
from 16:00 to 19:00 h. (October to April)
from 17:00 to 20:30 h. (May to September)
Sundays and public holidays: from 11:00 to 14:00 h.
The museum is located inside the building known as "Casa de los Escudos", an ancestral late baroque style house that displays rococo influences and it is owned by the family García de las Llanas.
The museum includes an exhibition of one of the most important collections of radio receivers in Spain that belongs to Luis del Olmo. This huge collection which includes 200 receivers will show the visitor the technical and aesthetic evolution of these equipments, from the very first receivers of galena to the small transistors of the seventies or the latest high-tech digital radios. If you want to see more examples, you must visit the room devoted to receivers designed by the best European and North American manufacturers such as Telefunken, Philips, Crosley, Atwater Kent, Marconi, Radiola, etc
It offers the possibility to learn about the history of the radio in Spain through plenty of radio programmes that have been compiled thanks to the collaboration of RNE, SER; COPE y ONDA CERO (national radio channels).
The museum includes an exhibition of one of the most important collections of radio receivers in Spain that belongs to Luis del Olmo. This huge collection which includes 200 receivers will show the visitor the technical and aesthetic evolution of these equipments, from the very first receivers of galena to the small transistors of the seventies or the latest high-tech digital radios. If you want to see more examples, you must visit the room devoted to receivers designed by the best European and North American manufacturers such as Telefunken, Philips, Crosley, Atwater Kent, Marconi, Radiola, etc
It offers the possibility to learn about the history of the radio in Spain through plenty of radio programmes that have been compiled thanks to the collaboration of RNE, SER; COPE y ONDA CERO (national radio channels).
www.museoradioponferrada.com
