MZTV Museum Toronto

[decojoe67]

Originally Posted by rld-tv01

I asked the curator (not Moses) if the knobs were hooked to anything and what they did. His response, "we don't know, we've never had the back off".

They could still research technology, gather history and information etc without touching the set. There's probably some Philco tech bulletin somewhere descibing the set. Even art historians learn about artists, paint, history, political events of the time influencing the artists.

When I went to the Museum Of The Moving Imagine at Astoria Studios in Queens, NY, the vintage TV's were mostly left "as-is". This is common in museums. People often are mistaken when "museum quality" is used to describe something, especially antique cars. It does not mean pristine, it means it's all there and presentable. Close-up it shows wear and defects.