Pavek Museum

A Minnesota treasure, especially for all those with a love of history of technology. Contains artifacts covering early telegraphy, spark gap radio transmitters, the electron tube, to the first transistor radio. Impressive early television collection, and is starting to get a display started covering the history of the computer. Whether they can stay true to their calling, and appeal to the youth remains to be seen, but we're hoping!!!

One of my favorite places in the world to geek out. Very nice museum. Great displays, interesting info and presented really nicely. I spent probably about an hour and a half going through it.

If you enjoy history, industrial design, graphic design, technology or radios or any combination of the above, you’ll enjoy this place!

Pavek Museum is an excellent place to visit for a field trip or day program outing for people of all ages. I am the activity coordinator for a day program serving adults with intellectual disabilities and we went to Pavek to do a radio broadcasting experience. Everyone in our group got the chance to help create our very own radio program and there were even roles we could assign to persons who are non-verbal! Nina and Stan took such great care to make sure everyone got to participate. They were so wonderful to our group the whole way through the experience. Our folks even got to participate in a super fun Quiz Show at the end! There truly is something for everyone here! If you love electronics, there are some really wonderful artifacts to see. We didn't have time to dive into everything Pavek offers so we will absolutely be back. I will be spreading the word about this wonderful place. Thank you so much Pavek for keeping educational experience like this accessible for all!

I've been aware of this place from family and friends but I had never gone to visit. The night I was there was an induction ceremony for the Minnesota Broadcaster Hall of Fame, which was certainly fun in its own right.
The museum features many displays dealing in Broadcasting, but other aspects of Technology as well. Some of the things they have to show are quite unique. Well worth a visit.

Such a wonderful time! There were three employees there during the about 2 hours I wandered around. All three made themselves available to answer questions, provided demonstrations of the equipment, and were super sweet about taking photos and videos. The museum was just what I was looking for- super informative, filled with interesting exhibits, and was small enough that I felt satisfied having seen most of everything in my 2 hours. It is quality place and I would be happy to go again. Getting there was easy and parking was available. I loved being able to see the range of machines from the TTY to Phonographs to the professional recording equipment. I even was able to play the theremin and hear an original Edison record player at work! Very, very happy. Thank you to everyone that runs the museum. It is a fantastic experience.

I brought my client here and we loved the facts about old technology. They are open during the day. I really liked the main guy who worked there.

Amazing collection, must see for anyone into technology. Lots of artifacts, working demos, great information and service.

What a cool museum! We brought my radio-crazy dad here as a Christmas gift, but everyone, including my teenager, had a great time learning about communications and broadcasting. (The hands-on exhibit with different types of phones was a favorite!) My dad found his call sign in one of the the radio call sign directories in one of the exhibits (from 1969-70!) Even if you're not a radio nerd, this is a fun place to stop and learn. Information was fairly presented and there was a great diversity of inventors displayed.

So much more than museum. Rooms full of history lessons and nostalgia. I can't wait to go back.

Super cool museum! Spent 3 hours just soaking up all the historical electronics!

I love the newly renovated Pavek, the signage and displays are streamlined and my very knowledgeable guide was Danny Henry.

Well worth the visit! I remember as a little girl in the 1960s helping my uncle in his radio and TV repair shop and going on house calls with him. (You did not carry those heavy TV cabinets into the shop for repair!) That was first generation electronics. By the time I joined the US Air Force, as one of the first female avionics technicians, we were into second generation electronics. Although this is a broadcast museum, the electronics was still a walk down memory lane.

Newly renovated and new displays. Well with the time to visit!

Awesome place and very well maintained, the staff was just outstanding and very knowledgeable, they showed us lots stuff and even turned on several of the equipment to show us how it worked. Would most definitely reccomend it.

The recently remodeled museum is impressive. The staff and volunteers are courteous and knowledgeable.

Amazing. Always recommending to people. Great spot to visit when you get a chance. Very intriguing, exciting, and informative. Such a fun/neat place.

this is a little hidden gem that i never would’ve thought of visiting. it was very interesting and interactive. i think museums like this can get very information heavy, but this had many ways to keep it interesting. it was a little spendy for the size of the place though.

Fantastic museum! It's all one big room but I spent at least an hour reading plaques and interacting with the exhibits. I can't believe I've lived so close to this place for so long and never stopped by!

Kind of a hidden gem, I can highly recommend this for anyone who likes vintage technology or history. The radio and television broadcast equipment is particularly impressive, but there's more to see! I stayed for about an hour and felt that it was about the right amount of time for me.

I wasn't sure what to expect from the exhibits in the museum, but it was really great even for people who aren't as interested in the history of communication. Lots of variety with antique items, from Morse code and telegraphs, electric line play table, old radios, televisions, broadcast cameras, and you can even play a theremin. We had a lot of fun here, spent a couple hours to look at everything, and like others had mentioned in the reviews - the staff is really friendly and knowledgeable, they explained and demonstrated several different machines.