The Museum of Television and Radio, located in Beverly Hills, is committed to the idea that many of the television programs viewers have enjoyed over the years are works of art that need to be preserved for posterity's sake. Instead of being like a typical museum filled with artifacts, this museum is mainly filled with screening rooms, including two full sized theatres. There are more than 120,000 television and radio programs available in the museum's library and during each visit viewers can select and watch up to four television shows at an individual console. There are shows that date back as far as 1948 and radio programs dating back to the 1920's.

The museum is actually the second of its kind with the first being in New York. The Los Angeles location is on Rodeo Drive, in Beverly Hills, and was designed by Richard Meier. There is a gift shop on site for all the nostalgia buffs and video collectors, which features items like reproductions of vintage lunch boxes. There are frequent seminars and interviews with people from the industry and all of them are recorded and available for viewing as well.

The museum obtains the television and radio shows via donations by people who happen to have copies of individual shows. The museum agrees not to sell the material or permit it to leave the museum.