Computer Museum of America
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Established | July 2019 |
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Location | Roswell, Georgia |
Coordinates | 34°02′19″N 84°20′28″W / 34.038718°N 84.340978°WCoordinates: 34°02′19″N 84°20′28″W / 34.038718°N 84.340978°W |
Type | Computer museum |
Website | www |
The Computer Museum of America was established in Roswell, Georgia and opened in July 2019 to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the Moon landing. It is the largest technology museum on the East Coast with the opening of Phase I and when completed will be among the largest in the world.[1]
The museum was founded by Lonnie Mimms, who originally operated an Apple pop up museum, and includes original technologies including the Cray-1, one of a kind developments, and more, including the contents of the former Bugbook Historical Computer Museum, yet only a fraction of his 300,000 item collection are on display.[2][3][4][5]
References[]
- ^ Greenfield, David (15 January 2019). "Computer Museum of America Aims to Connect Technology and People". Automation World. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ Berrios, Laura. "A lifelong collector of digital artifacts is on a mission to document history". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. ISSN 1539-7459. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ^ Grochowski, Julia (27 December 2019). "Computer museum opens doors to the future". Appen Media. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ Ranaivo, Yann (1 May 2016). "Floyd man moves 30-ton collection of electronics to Atlanta suburb". The Roanoke Times. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ Lahkani, Asif (6 August 2019). "The world's largest collection of vintage supercomputers is in Roswell, Georgia". Atlanta Magazine. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
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- Museums in Fulton County, Georgia
- Computer museums in the United States
- Museums established in 2019
- History museums in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Southern United States museum stubs
- Georgia (U.S. state) building and structure stubs