32 hole scanning disc.

This appears to have been the disc used by Baird in his demonstrations to members of the Royal Institution in 1926. It was made in 1925 and differs from early accounts which describe a 30 hole disc.

The disc was left at Baird's home, 1, Station Road, Bexhill, when he died in 1946.

It was acquired by the Hastings Museum in 1999 with assistance from the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Science Museum PRISM Fund, the Pilgrim Trust, the Went Tree Trust and Hastings Borough Council

Museum Accession No. HASMG 999.40.90

Baird televisor Views of the exterior and interior

The first commercial television receiving set produced by the Baird Company. This example was issued in 1930 and originally purchased for 29 guineas.

Museum Accession No. HASMG 977.2

Poster advertising Baird's demonstration of television at the London Coliseum, 28 July 1930

Museum Accession No: HASMG 997.20

Baird Televisor receiver, 1937

The model T5 was fitted with a cathode ray tube to receive the higher definition 405 line system.

Museum Accession No. HASMG 969.27
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