🎶 A New Home for Music History in South Jersey!

Victor SoundWorks, 150–160 South White Horse Pike, Berlin, NJ.

New Jersey Congressman Donald Norcross (c)
Camden City Mayor Victor Carstarphen (2nd from right)
Camden County Commissioner **Jen Cooley Fleisher** (pink)
Berlin Mayor Rick Miller (left)
Berlin Councilman Keith Hohing (left)
Camden Special Service District Executive Director Kristine Kennedy (2nd from left)

On Monday, October 26, Congressman Donald Norcross joined local officials and music enthusiasts for the grand opening and ribbon cutting of the Victor SoundWorks Campus and His Master’s Voice Museum & Archive in Berlin, New Jersey.

My father’s first job was working at the RCA Victor plant in Camden, building machines that kept us entertained at home and our troops safe out in the field.

Today we paid tribute to that history by cutting the ribbon on the Victor Soundworks Museum down in Berlin, so that future generations can learn about how South Jersey changed the world Congressman Donald Norcross remarked on Monday.

Norcross also mentioned at one time, he lived at the The Victor Building (also known as the Nipper Building or The Victor) the historic, waterfront residential loft conversion located at 1 Market Street in Camden, New Jersey

The new campus celebrates more than 130 years of recorded music history, tracing the legacy of the Victor Talking Machine Company, which helped make Camden a center of the recording industry.

One of the museum’s highlights is a magnificent 15-foot stained-glass window from the original Victor building in Camden, on public display for the first time since 1969. Visitors will also recognize Nipper, the famous dog from the iconic His Master’s Voice logo.

The expanded campus includes the Victrola Theatre for live performances, recording studios, the Little Nipper Café and an extensive collection of music memorabilia celebrating legendary recording artists.

Joining Congressman Norcross for the celebration were Camden Mayor Victor Carstarphen, who joked that he was named after the famed business.

Thanks to the docents with their extensive knowledge of the artifacts which they share with visitors.

This is a story about a new campus, museum, theater, and recording studios, all dedicated to celebrating and preserving the legacy of Victor, a company founded in 1896 that helped revolutionize the music industry with the disc record and turntable.

What began in downtown Camden is now expanding its legacy to Berlin, Camden County. The new two-building campus features complimentary parking, live performance space, recording studios for artists, and a permanent home for Victor’s vast music archive.