We have an 1800s Edison Cylinder Phonograph in our Technology through Time Collection.
The phonograph was the first device available to the public which could play recorded sound. It played wax or tinfoil cylinders - each one contained one song. It was eventually replaced by the gramophone, which was developed by the German inventor Emile Berliner in 1888. This played flat discs instead of cylinders, known later as records. Over time, these were able to play albums instead of just one song ("L.P. - "Long Play").