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Events
The Antique
Science and Technology Fair. The premier,
international event at which can be seen, for sale, the largest selection
of antique scientific and medical instruments, vintage technology, books
and related items.
The National Vintage Communication Fair May 2012 (check site for
date)Collectors fair specialising in early technology,
such as early radios, television receivers, gramophones, telephones,
classic valve hi-fi and all manner of electrical and mechanical antiques &
collectables
Societies
Quekett Microscopical Club Dedicated to optical
microscopy, modern and historical, amateur and professional.
The
Scientific Instrument Society Formed in April 1983 to bring
together people with a specialist interest in scientific instruments,
ranging from precious antiques to electronic devices only recently out
of production
The
British Vintage Wireless Society The
British Vintage Wireless Society (BVWS) is a society of approximately 1700
World-wide members sharing a common interest in the preservation and
communication of technical and historical data, and the preservation and
restoration of Vintage radio and related equipment
The Oughtred Society The slide rule collecting society,
dedicated to the preservation and history of slide rules and other
calculating instruments.
Collectors' Sites
The Cathode Ray Tube
Site A collector's site that includes Crookes and Geissler tubes,
X-ray and CRT tubes, video camera tubes and induction coils.
Sparkmuseum Spark Museum,
vintage radio and scientific apparatus.
Fons Vanden Berghen
Telegraph Collection collection of images of some of the instruments
in the fantastic collection of Fons Vanden Berghen.
The Museum brings together photographs and descriptions of historical
objects related to early mineralogical and crystallographic sciences.
Museum optischer Instrumente
Museum of Optical Instruments in German.
If you would like to nominate a site for inclusion please email me at
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