To donate an item, please email Collections Manager Kallie Zieman or Curator Felipe Eguiarte with a description and photos of the item. You may also call the Pavek Museum at 952-926-8198 and dial extension #105 for Kallie Zieman or extension #109 for Felipe Eguiarte. The more information you provide about the object, the quicker we will be able to make a decision. The Pavek Museum has the right to refuse items, even if they are on the list, that do not meet collection criteria.

The Pavek Museum collects items related to electronic communication technologies, including telegraphs, telephones, radios, televisions, and computers.

The Pavek Museum collects:

• Artifacts and objects
• Books
• Letters, brochures, and pamphlets
• Photographs

Take a look at the acquisition list. These are items the Pavek Museum is actively seeking, and we would appreciate your help locating them.

The Pavek Museum does not accept:

• Items without relevant connections to the history of electronic communication.
• Items the Museum already holds an example of in its collection.
• Significantly damaged items.
• Items containing mold, insect infestations, or waste products.
• Heavily stained items.
• Items containing hazardous materials, including toxic chemicals or radioactive materials.
• Items that require excessive special handling or are defective and potentially deadly.
• Items obtained illegally: fake, forged, or counterfeit items; stolen items; items that may have been pillaged during armed conflict or war; items prohibited or protected under National or State statutes.
• Large donations that are beyond the Museum’s ability to preserve and store.
• Recordings, books, or other media content that was mass-published and easily available to the public through ordinary means.

The Pavek Museum is currently accepting artifacts on our acquisition list below.

Apple I

Apple III

Apple Lisa

Apple Powerbook 100

NASA–used computer terminal

Telefunken rolling ball mouse

Minicomputer:

• • Honeywell 316
  • Centurion
  • Raytheon 704
  • CDC 160 series
  • TI-990
  • LINC
  • Intellec
  • Micral
  • Altair 8800

Video game console:

• • Fairchild Channel F
  • Nintendo Virtual Boy
  • SG-1000
  • Master System by Sega
  • Sega Genesis
  • Sega Saturn
  • Dreamcast
  • Nintendo 64

Enigma Machine (authentic or replica)

78rpm records

Morning glory phonograph horns, or uniquely designed phonograph horns

Kinetoscope

Neon Jukebox (plays 45rpm records, functional)

Satellite technology (small)

Radar technology

Scientific electric experimental items from the 1800s or earli

Marconi/Pre-WWI era equipment

Pre-WWII FM table radio

Sparton Bluebird/Peachbird, Nocturne, or Sled Radio

1930s radios – Art Deco/Novelty/Unique Shape or Design

Catalin radios

1850s/1860s telegraph

Dial or needle telegraph (European style, Breguet, etc.).

Beardslee Box (replica)

Teletypes related to early internet (Model 33, etc.)

Harmonic Telegraph replica

Pre-1900s era desk phones

• Ericsson Skeleton Phone
• Blake Telephone
• Butterstamp Telephone

Bell’s Centenial Model (authentic or replica)

Liquid Telephone (authentic or replica)

IBM Simon

Blackberry 850

Dynatac 8000-X

Mechanical Scanning Disk TV (Complete original or functioning replica)

Baird Televisor

RCA CT-100 (Functional)

RCA TT-5

International brand (non-US) TVs from the 1950s-1970s (small/table-top preferred)

Zenith Flash-Matic remote