![](https://www.nachi.org/school/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/museum.jpg)
Below are images of just a few of the many artifacts and documents at InterNACHI's Inspection Museum.
![Inspection document.](https://www.nachi.org/school/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/internachi-inspection-museum-first-inspection-book-1914.jpg)
This is one of the very first home inspection books published in 1914 by the City of Pittsburgh.
![](https://www.nachi.org/school/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/first-flashlight.jpg)
This Eveready flashlight was patented between 1894 and 1899, making it one of the very first battery-powered portable flashlights.
![InterNACHI Inspector Museum](https://www.nachi.org/school/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/internachi-inspector-museum-brick.jpg)
Post-WWII home inspection
![Inspection report.](https://www.nachi.org/school/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/russell-buchannan-original-inspection-report.jpg)
Russell Buchanan's first home inspection report -- precursor to HomeGauge's reporting software
![](https://www.nachi.org/school/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/inspectors-quarterly-house-of-horrors.jpg)
Inspector's Quarterly 2008 article about the House of Horrors inspection training facility
![InterNACHI Inspector Museum](https://www.nachi.org/school/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/flashlight-driver-collection.jpg)
Assortment of vintage flashlights and drivers
![Inspection report.](https://www.nachi.org/school/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/inspector-museum-flashlight-collection.jpg)
Assortment of vintage flashlights
![Boiler inspection report -1903.](https://www.nachi.org/school/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/internachi-inspector-museum-document-1903.jpg)
Boiler inspection report from 1903
![InterNACHI Inspector Museum first clothes washing machine.](https://www.nachi.org/school/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/internachi-inspector-museum-first-clothes-washer.jpg)
First modern clothes washing machine from 1920
![Inspection report.](https://www.nachi.org/school/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/internachi-inspector-museum-first-kitchen.jpg)
First kitchen, 1926
![InterNACHI Inspector Museum - first home inspection class.](https://www.nachi.org/school/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/internachi-first-home-inspection-class.jpg)
First home inspection class held in Baltimore in 1958
![InterNACHI Inspector Museum - old inspection training manual.](https://www.nachi.org/school/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/first-inspection-training-manual.jpg)
First home inspection training manual published in 1956
![Nick Gromicko authors radon analysis algorithm.](https://www.nachi.org/school/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/nick-gromicko-radon-algorithm.jpg)
InterNACHI founder authors radon analysis algorithm in 1980s, which is still in use today.
![InterNACHI Inspector Museum - matchbox truck.](https://www.nachi.org/school/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/matchbox-home-inspection-toy.jpg)
Matchbox toy home inspection vehicle from 1980s
![InterNACHI Inspector Museum - Don't Spit on the Sidewalk brick.](https://www.nachi.org/school/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/internachi-inspector-museum-dont-spit-on-sidewalk-brick.jpg)
"DON'T SPIT ON SIDEWALK" brick, part of health campaign that aimed to curb the spread of the tuberculosis epidemic
![InterNACHI Inspector Museum - Eveready battery display.](https://www.nachi.org/school/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/eveready-battery-display.jpg)
One of the first flashlight battery displays
![InterNACHI Inspector Museum - binoculars](https://www.nachi.org/school/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/vintage-binoculars-internachi.jpg)
Vintage binoculars
![InterNACHI Inspector Museum - Columbia Casualty](https://www.nachi.org/school/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/columbia-casualty-company-internachi.jpg)
Brass plaque from the 1800s
![InterNACHI Inspector Museum - Chambers stove document pack](https://www.nachi.org/school/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/laun-dry-ette-full-page-ad-2.jpg)
Ad for first clothes washer
See the actual clothes washer at the Inspection Museum.
![InterNACHI Inspector Museum - binoculars](https://www.nachi.org/school/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/How-to-Judge-a-House-InterNACHI-Inspection-Museum.jpg)
"How to Judge a House" book published in 1931
![InterNACHI Inspector Museum - Columbia Casualty](https://www.nachi.org/school/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/radon-electret-recharger.jpg)
One of the first radon electret rechargers, invented by InterNACHI's founder
![InterNACHI Inspector Museum - Chambers stove document pack](https://www.nachi.org/school/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/steamboat-inspection-book-internachi-inspection-museum.jpg)
Steamboat inspection book published in 1915
![Fire Code](https://www.nachi.org/school/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/internachi-museum-1953-fire-code.jpg)
Published in 1953 by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), this book covers the National Fire Code and the National Electric Code (NEC) in effect then.
![Electricity Simplified, 1911.](https://www.nachi.org/school/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/internachi-inspection-museum-electricity-simplified-1911.jpg)
"Electricity Simplified" published in 1911
![Plumbing code from 1925.](https://www.nachi.org/school/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/internachi-inspection-museum-war-service-library-sticker.jpg)
War Service Library sticker inside "Electricity Simplified" book made available to WWI soldiers
![Inspector badge](https://www.nachi.org/school/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/internachi-museum-inspector-badge-1.jpg)
Inspector badge
![Inspector badge.](https://www.nachi.org/school/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/inspect-thoroughly-internachi-inspection-museum.jpg)
Original magazine ad for insurance with details on home inspections and safety
![Plumbing code from 1925.](https://www.nachi.org/school/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/internachi-museum-1925-plumbing-code-book.jpg)
Plumbing Code book published in 1925 by the Baltimore County Metropolitan District
![InterNACHI Inspector Museum - binoculars](https://www.nachi.org/school/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/first-ir-camera-internachi-museum.jpg)
One of the first thermal imaging cameras used for a home inspection. It cost $40,000 in 1972 (about a quarter million dollars in today's money).
![First lantern.](https://www.nachi.org/school/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/internachi-inspection-museum-first-batter-powered-lantern.jpg)
One of the first battery-powered lanterns
![InterNACHI Inspector Museum - smoke detector](https://www.nachi.org/school/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/smoke-detector.jpg)
One of the first smoke detectors
![InterNACHI Inspector Museum - smoke detector](https://www.nachi.org/school/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/Gas-Detector-Museum-2.jpg)
One of the first gas detectors
![](https://www.nachi.org/school/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/anemometer.png)
An early version of the now ubiquitous rotating vane anemometer with digital display
![](https://www.nachi.org/school/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/audels-builders-guide.png)
"Audels Carpenters and Builders Guide #3" by Frank D. Graham and Thomas J. Emery, originally published in 1923. This edition was published in 1946.
![](https://www.nachi.org/school/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/kodak-instant-camera.png)
Kodak's instant camera, the COLORBURST 50, resulted in a 15 years-long lawsuit with Polaroid that resulted in Eastman Kodak paying them $925 million.
![InterNACHI Museum - rear projection slide projector](https://www.nachi.org/school/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/slide_projector.png)
This is a rear-projection slide projector, which made looking at slides like watching TV.
![Free Pass to InterNACHI's Inspection Museum](https://www.nachi.org/school/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/free-pass.jpg)
![InterNACHI Inspector Museum - Eveready battery display.](https://www.nachi.org/school/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/06/Kim.jpg)
Email the InterNACHI Inspection Museum's Curator Kim Stover if you would like to donate anything: kim@internachi.org