Last updated: 5/31/2018
Greenwood Village, Colorado
Address
8547 E Arapahoe Rd J200
Greenwood Village, CO 80112
phone: 303-430-4886
e-mail: admin@themuseums.org
web: www.themuseums.org

Hours

Sunday, Saturday
closed

Admissions

General Admission: $10
Seniors: $7
Members: Free
Students (): $2
Children under 5: Free

Museum Type(s)

Staff

Charles Francis Bacon
phone:
Description

The International Vacuum Tube Museum is dedicated to being the preeminent international organization devoted to the collection, education, study, exhibition, research, conservation, interpretation, preservation and documentation of vacuum tubes and vacuum tube artifacts.

Mission

The Mission of the Museum is the preservation of the history and future of all things vacuum-tube, including all vacuum-tube-based instruments and equipment and every type of vacuum tube.

History

The International Vacuum Tube Museum is a Federally-Recognized 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization. Under US Federal 501(c)(3) status, the Museum's National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code is A57, Science & Technology Museum.

Research and development began in 1994 for the foundations for the International Vacuum Tube Museum. IVTM was incubated beginning in 2007 by the Novum Institute. Various collectors and supporters have helped the Museum and Library over many years building, restoring, testing, designing, collecting and using vacuum tube-based radios, televisions, test equipment, audio systems, lights, computers, music equipment, oscilloscopes, and numerous other interesting vacuum tube-based instruments, components and equipment.

Dozens of people have donated over the past years and the Museum and Library has an extensive collection of thousands of vacuum tubes, tube-based equipment and instruments, and thousands of books, films, videos, journals, journal articles, technical reports, conference proceedings, rare books, special collections, manuscripts, newspaper and magazine articles, textbooks, microfiche, microfilm, photographs, etc.

Artifact Collections

The International Vacuum Tube Museum is planning 11 collections and exhibitions through 2016, including:

Tubes in Your House, Tubes in Your Car? Tubes are Everywhere
25 Centuries of Vacuum, Democritus to Einstein
The Art of the Tube
Look at Nothing
People of the Tube: John Ambrose Fleming
Vacuum Tubes from Antiquity to Today
Without Vacuum Tubes: Television, Radio, Radar, Light Bulbs, Microwave Ovens?
Early Vacuum Tubes
The Enduring Tube
One Hundred and Fifty Years of Vacuum Tubes
Sand, Metal and Fire, The Making of a Tube
Research Collections
21st Century Vacuum Tubes
Encyclopedia of Vacuum, Vacuum Tubes, and Vacuum Tube Artifacts
International Vacuum Tube Library Archives
International Vacuum Tube Museum Archives
International Vacuum Tube Repository
Knowledge Research System for the International Vacuum Tube Museum and Library
Research Archives and Services
Scientific Specimens Historical Collection
Vacuum Tube History Collection
Vacuum Tube Photographic Archive
Educational Programs
K-12 Vacuum Tube Interactive Demonstrators
Vacuum Tube Artist Programs
Amateur Radio Programs
Governance

The Museum is committed to important Key Policies, including:

Accountants and Financial Statements Policy (Audited Financial Statements, Independent Accountant Preparation, Internal Committee Accountant Selection and Oversight)

Accessioning Policy

Accountants and Financial Statements Policy (Audited Financial Statements, Independent Accountant Preparation, Internal Committee Accountant Selection and Oversight)

Acquisition Policy

Board Policy (Board Meeting Minutes, Independent Voting Members, Voting Majority )

Board, Officers, Executives, Staff and Interested Parties

Compensation and Loans Policy

Compensation and Loans Policy, Collection Care and Use Policy, Conflict of Interest Policy

Deaccessioning Policy, Donor Privacy Policy, Exhibits Policy

Facility Maintenance Policy, Facility Use Policy, Financial Resources Policy

Health and Safety of Staff and Visitors Policy, Human Resources Policy, Loans Policy

Material Diversion of Assets Policy, Natural Disasters and Hazards Policy, Opt-Out Donor Privacy Policy

Public Programming and Education Policy, Publications Policy (Board Members, Senior Staff, Audited Financial Statements, Form 990

Records Retention and Destruction Policy, Staff Evaluation Policy, Whistleblower Policy

Library
Access: General Public, Students, Scholars, Members
Appointment required: Yes
ADA
Wheelchair Accessible
Parking
Restrooms
Exhibitions
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