Exhibition of the A. S. Popov Radio Museum

About exhibition

The exhibition of the only radio engineering museum in the Urals is housed in the mansion where the inventor of radio — a native of the village of Turyinskie Rudniki (now the town of Krasnoturyinsk) Alexander Popov — lived during his studies at the Yekaterinburg Theological School. At that time the house belonged to his sister Maria and her husband, the priest Georgy Levitsky. Visitors will see a memorial room dedicated to the Levitsky and Popov families; among the exhibits are old photographs and books, household items from that era, and school supplies. They will then find themselves in a “laboratory” where they can observe the operating principles of Hertz’s vibrator, Tesla’s transformer, the electrophorus, the Morse telegraph, Popov’s 1895 receiver, and other equally notable inventions. The subsequent halls tell the story of the development of radio engineering in the Soviet Union — from the Revolution to the early 1990s. In the showcases and on the shelves you can find iconic and rare receivers, radiolas and televisions, telephone switchboards, now-obsolete pagers and the first mobile phones. A separate hall reveals the importance of radio communications during World War II.