Rob,
The UCLA Collection of Television Technology & Design was spearheaded by fellow tv collector & color tv historian Ed Reitan in the early 80's. The collection is a part of the UCLA Film & Television Archives. Ed's goal along with UCLA was to preserve certain landmark examples of early television technology. At that time several vintage receivers and broadcast equipment were donated to UCLA and over the years many others have been archived. Early on there were several exhibits of these sets which I had the pleasure to lend a hand in both the planning and actual staging. The hope was to promote the Archives by inviting the public to view these sets and other related artifacts in a permanent exhibit somewhere. Unfortunatly, this was never realized. The sets remain unseen in storage. However there is a plan to establish a new home for the UCLA archives near Los Angeles in the next few years. This includes a section devoted to the display of the TV collection.
http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/