In Bellingham, Washington, the SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention explores about four centuries of electrical and communications history, from early experiments to radio’s golden age and the technologies that followed. It grew from Jonathan Winter’s private collection, begun in 1985, into a major public museum that adopted its current name in 2012. Its holdings include hundreds of radios, rare books and apparatus linked to figures such as William Gilbert, Benjamin Franklin, Michael Faraday, and James Clerk Maxwell, along with exhibits on the War of the Currents, the Titanic’s radio room, early telegraph and telephone equipment, and demonstration Tesla coils. The museum also supports regional science education through extensive school and community programs.