Photo Gallery: Johnson Victrola Museum
Johnson Victrola Museum Group Tours
Johnson Victrola Museum History
Founded in 1967, the museum details the origin of recorded music. Exhibits showcase the life and legacy of Eldridge Reeves Johnson, a pioneer in early sound recording and co-founder of the Victor Talking Machine Company. E.R. Johnson Born in Wilmington, Delaware, E.R. Johnson was an innovator in the phonograph era of music. Growing up in […]
Johnson Victrola Museum
Founded in 1967, the museum details the origin of recorded music. Exhibits showcase the life and legacy of Eldridge Reeves Johnson, a pioneer in early sound recording and co-founder of the Victor Talking Machine Company.
Our Museums
John Dickinson Plantation John Dickinson, known as the “Penman of the Revolution,” was one of America’s founding fathers who wrote of freedom and liberty for all while holding human beings in bondage. The John Dickinson Plantation was home to a variety of people. We tell the stories of the tenant farmers, indentured servants, free and […]
The man who talked to birds
Charles Kellogg was a conservationist and Victor recording artist.
Johnson Victrola Museum parking lot closed
Lot closed at least through Jan. 31, 2017. Museum will remain open.
Johnson Victrola Museum volunteers are recipients of Governor’s Outstanding Volunteer Awards
Five volunteers have contributed more than 3,000 hours of service to the museum.
Goodbye Howard
Long-term volunteer Howard Fulcher to leave the division at the end of July 2015.
Oliver Berliner, grandson of the inventor of the phonograph, to speak at the Johnson Victrola Museum
Oct. 4, 2014 program to focus on one of the pioneers in the music industry: Emile Berliner.
