“I am attacked by two very opposite sects: The scientists and the know-nothings. Both laugh at me, calling me the frog’s dancing master. But I know that I have discovered one of the greatest forces in nature.”
The Higginson Telephone
A tribute to that magical day when east met west, when the peal of an historic old bell in Philadelphia was heard all the way to San Francisco – the opening of the transcontinental telephone line.
Looking ahead: A word from SPARK Museum’s co-founder and CEO
This past year, SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention’s co-founder and CEO, John Jenkins, has led his small team through a pandemic that shuttered the Museum for almost all of the past nine months. Below, John shares his thoughts on what 2020 was like for SPARK Museum and what he’s looking forward to in 2021. Q: Since March 2020, the COVID-19 …
The Voice of Bellingham, KMRE 102.3, seeks new home
After more than a decade of broadcasting from the SPARK Museum in Bellingham, Washington, KMRE 102.3 FM is looking for a new place to call home. The station, which launched in 2005, is one of the few independent nonprofit community stations on the local FM dial. According to SPARK Museum’s President and CEO, John Jenkins, there are some fundamental reasons …
Why is THIS museum in Bellingham?
Alessandro Volta. Heinrich Hertz. Guglielmo Marconi. William Gilbert. Benjamin Franklin. Undoubtedly, at least some of these names are familiar. After all, these luminaries are among the most famous names in the development of radio and electricity. Believe it or not, the SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention in Bellingham houses original books or scientific papers by each of these men, in …