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Texas Museum of Theatre and Broadcast, McGregor, TX
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Texas Museum of Theatre and Broadcast

A nonprofit museum in downtown McGregor, Texas, preserving theatre and broadcast history.

Corner of South Main Street and 3rd Street, downtown McGregor, TX · McGregor, TX

About Texas Museum of Theatre and Broadcast

The Texas Museum of Theatre and Broadcast is a nonprofit educational institution in downtown McGregor. It is housed in a former hardware store building that the museum owns, donated to it in 2014. The roughly 14,000-square-foot facility holds collections of motion picture theatre equipment, antique musical instruments including two Wurlitzer theatre pipe organs, vintage television cameras, radio station equipment, and early 20th-century recordings. The museum also plans interactive exhibits covering media from player pianos and classic radio to vintage televisions and the digital age. It accepts donations of historic items.

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