welcome to the virtual museum of  SPARC

brought to you by The Society for the Preservation of Antique Radio in Canada
 Canada's most comprehensive radio museum

The images here are but a part of over 1000 relics from radio's past on display

- Spark and early wireless
- Westcoast marine radio history
- Military communications from 1914 to 1960's
- Working broadcast studio
- Crystal sets, TRF, tombstones, tallboys,etc
- Amateur radio from 1930 to 1980
- Television
- Cable telegraph equipment from the Bamfield Cable Station 1902 to 1960's

With a focus on Canadian achievement in radio and communication this museum website will highlight the collection of the physical museum located in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada.

DIRECTIONS:If you are visiting Vancouver please stop by for a visit. We are only 30 minutes from downtown. Open Sundays from 10:00 am until 4:00 pm.  We can schedule private viewings for out-of-towners and groups. Please contact us by phone or e-mail.         The Museum building is in the Riverview Hospital grounds in Coquitlam. Enter off Lougheed Highway at the Colony Farm Road... Follow the signs along Holly Drive... turn up the hill onto Oak Crescent... it's the building with all the antennas. There are signs. Click here for map

** NEW! ** To listen to the SPARC Broadcast program (experimental server), click on the meter. Requires Windows Media Player

*** To view SERVER DETAILS and PROGRAM SCHEDULES, click here to LEARN MORE

Please e-mail us to comment on the sound or content, at sparcmuseum@telus.net

Tour some SPARC galleries...

>>> We have our own vintage Broadcast Studio! To see it, click on Studio News

Vintage spark equipment including rare Marconi of Canada 

Military communications from 1914 to the cold war 

Classic commercial and homebrew amateur from 1930s up 

Radios and TVs - home entertainment from galena detector to collectable transistor 

Some overall views of the museum and the collection 

Local Vancouver radio manufacturer 

What's new? Want to see back issues of our newsletter? See the e-news page    updated 16 Feb, 2008

Some of the thousands of magazines, books and periodicals 

 

If you have any queries or questions on SPARC or any of the equipment you see please e-mail radiomuseum@telus.net

The Society for the Preservation of Antique Radio in Canada is a registered non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation, restoration and enjoyment of Canadian historical radio. The society is run solely by members and volunteers, and is used as a means of protecting our heritage through continuing interactive education.


    We can  be reached by telephone at 604-777-1885.

SPARC is a member of the British Columbia Museums Association

updated 25 October, 2008

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since 8 March, 2002