List of computer museums
Below is a list of computer museums around the world, organized by continent and country, then alphabetically by location.
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Asia[]
South Korea[]
Australia[]
- The Australian Computer Museum Society, Inc, NSW - very large collection[1]
- The Nostalgia Box, Perth - Video Game Museum[2]
- Powerhouse Museum - Has Computer Exhibit
- , Monash University[3]
Europe[]
Belgium[]
- Computermuseum NAM-IP, Namur
- Unisys Computermuseum, Haren (Brussels)
Croatia[]
Czech Republic[]
Finland[]
France[]
Germany[]
- Computerspielemuseum Berlin, Berlin - Video Game Museum
- , Dortmund - Video Game and Personal Computer Museum[10]
- , Paderborn[11]
- , University of Stuttgart[12]
- Oldenburger Computer-Museum, Oldenburg
- , [2] Vilshofen,[13][14] with a selection from the Munich Computer Warehouse, Private Collection[15]
- Deutsches Museum, [3], Munich - Large computer collection in their Communications exhibit
- technikum29 living museum, Frankfurt - Re-opened in January 2020.
- , [4], Munich - Computer, Video Games and Magazine Archive[16]
- Computermuseum der Fachhochschule Kiel, Kiel
- de:Analog Computer Museum,[17] - Large collection of analog computers, working and under restoration.
Greece[]
Ireland[]
Israel[]
Italy[]
- Museo dell'Informatica Funzionante, Palazzolo Acreide (Siracusa)
- Museo del Computer, via per Occhieppo, 29, 13891 Camburzano (Biella)
- Museo Interattivo di Archeologia Informatica, Cosenza
- , Padova[20]
- , Savona[21]
- VIGAMUS, Rome - Video Game Museum
- Tecnologic@mente, Ivrea
- Museo degli strumenti per il calcolo, Pisa
The Netherlands[]
- Bonami SpelComputer Museum, Zwolle
- Computer Museum Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam[22]
- Computermuseum Hack42, Arnhem
- HomeComputerMuseum, Helmond[23]
- Rotterdams Radio Museum, Rotterdam
Poland[]
Portugal[]
- LOAD ZX Spectrum Museum, Cantanhede
- Museu Faraday, IST - Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa
- Nostalgica - Museu de Videojogos e tecnologia, Lisboa
- Museu dos Computadores Inforap, Braga
- Museu Virtual da Informática, Universidade do Minho, Braga
- Museu das Comunicações, Lisboa
- Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa
Russia[]
- Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines, Moscow
- Yandex Museum, Moscow
- Yandex Museum, Saint-Petersburg
- Moscow Apple Museum
- , Yekaterinburg
Slovenia[]
- Computer Museum , Ljubljana
Slovakia[]
- Computer Museum SAV, Bratislava
Spain[]
- (MIGS), Complutense University[27]
- , Polytechnic University of Valencia[28]
- Museo de la Historia de la Computacion, Cáceres
Switzerland[]
- Musée Bolo, Lausanne
- Enter-Museum, Solothurn [5]
Ukraine[]
United Kingdom[]
- ,
- The National Museum of Computing, Bletchley Park
- The Centre for Computing History, Cambridge
- Retro Computer Museum, Leicester[29]
- Science Museum, London, London
- , University of Manchester[30]
- National Videogame Arcade, Nottingham
- , Staffordshire University - In association with the BCS[31]
- Museum of Computing, Swindon
- , Wigton[32]
- , Ramsgate[33]
- , Hull[34]
- IBM Hursley Museum, Hursley[35]
- [36]
See also: Computer Conservation Society[37]
North America[]
Canada[]
- Personal Computer Museum, Brantford
- , Montreal[38]
- York University Computer Museum or YUCoM, York University
- University of Saskatchewan Computer Museum
United States[]
AZ[]
CA[]
- Computer History Museum, Mountain View, California
- DigiBarn Computer Museum, Boulder Creek, California
- Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment, Oakland, California
- The Tech Museum of Innovation, San Jose, California
- Intel Museum, Santa Clara, California
DC[]
- Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C.
GA[]
- Computer Museum of America, Roswell, Georgia
- Museum of Technology at Middle Georgia State University, Macon, Georgia
KS[]
- , Topeka, Kansas - Now being liquidated, online archive only.[40]
MD[]
MN[]
MT[]
NJ[]
NY[]
- The Strong, International Center for the History of Electronic Games, Rochester, NY - Focus on Retrogaming but many games are on vintage personal computers.
PA[]
- Kennett Classic Computer Museum, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
- Large Scale Systems Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Computer Museum, Parkesburg, Pennsylvania
RI[]
TX[]
- Brazos Valley Computer Museum, Bryan, Texas[42]
- , Austin, Texas[43]
- National Videogame Museum, Frisco, Texas[44]
VA[]
WA[]
- Living Computers: Museum + Labs, Seattle, Washington
- Microsoft Visitor Center, Redmond, Washington
South America[]
Argentina[]
- , Río Gallegos - Official Website
- , Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires - Official Website
- , Bahia Blanca - [6]
Online[]
- MV Museu de Tecnologia (Brazil) - Official Website
- Old Computer Museum - [7]
- San Diego Computer Museum - Official Website - Physical objects were donated to the San Diego State University Library, but still does online exhibits
- Obsolete Computer Museum- Official Website
- Old-Computers.com - Official Website
- HP Computer Museum - Official Website
- Early Office Museum - Official Website
- IBM Archives - Official Website
- EveryMac.com - Official Website
- Bitsavers.org - Official Website - Software and Document Archive
- TAM (The Apple Museum) - Official Website - Apple Computers and Products
- Rewind Museum - Official Website - Virtual museum with traveling physical exhibits
- Virtual Museum of Computing
- The Computer Collector - Official Website
- New Computer Museum - Official Website
- IPSJ Computer Museum - Official Website - Computers of Japan
- Freeman PC Museum - Official Website
- FEMICOM Museum - Official Website - Femininity in 20th century Video games, computers and electronic toys
- Home Computer Museum - Official Website
- Malware Museum - Official Website - Malware programs from the 80's and 90's that have been stripped of their destructive properties.
- History Computers - Official Website
- KASS Computer Museum - Official Website - A computer history museum & private collection
- Russian Virtual Computer Museum - Official Website- a history of Soviet Computers from the late 1940s
- Soviet Digital Electronics Museum - Official Website - a museum of Soviet electronic calculators, PCs and some other devices
- Development of Computer Science and Technologies in Ukraine - Official Website - Ukrainian virtual Computer Museum
- Spectrum Generation collection, supporting the LOAD ZX Spectrum Museum in Portugal
- Home Computer Museum UK - Official Website
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Australian Computer Museum Society".
- ^ "TheNostalgiaBox". thenostalgiabox.com.au. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ^ "Monash Museum of Computing History".
- ^ "PEEK&POKE Muzej Računala - Computer Museum". www.peekpoke.hr.
- ^ "Media Museum Rupriikki - Museokeskus Vapriikki".
- ^ "The Finnish Museum of Games - Museokeskus Vapriikki".
- ^ "Association Pour un Conservatoire de l'informatique et de la télématique".
- ^ "Association MO5.com".
- ^ "Fédération des équipes Bull".
- ^ "[BINARIUM. Deutsches Museum der digitalen Kultur]". www.binarium.de.
- ^ KG, HDNET GmbH & Co. "HNF - Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum - The world´s biggest computer museum in Paderborn". www.hnf.de.
- ^ Krause, Klemens. "Computermuseum of the faculty of computer sciences". computermuseum.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de.
- ^ "Man from Munich gives City of Vilshofen a Computer Museum".
- ^ "Computeum is taking shape".
- ^ "The Computeum, One Of The Biggest Computer Museums in Germany". Hackaday. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ^ "Computerarchiv Muenchen : süddeutsches Museum für digitale Entwicklungsgeschichte". Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
- ^ "Analog Computer Museum". analogmuseum.org.
- ^ "Computer and Communications Museum of Ireland | MSPI Participants | Museums Standards Programme for Ireland | Our Initiatives | Museums and Archive | The Heritage Council". www.heritagecouncil.ie. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ^ "The Israeli Personal Computer Museum Page".
- ^ "FWT UNESCO Computer Museum Home Page". musi.fwtunesco.org.
- ^ "All About Apple Museum - The alive Apple Museum in Italy". All About Apple.
- ^ "UvA Computermuseum". ub.fnwi.uva.nl.
- ^ "HomeComputerMuseum". www.homecomputermuseum.nl.
- ^ "Muzeum Historii Komputerów i Informatyki Home Page". www.muzeumkomputerow.edu.pl.
- ^ "Muzeum Gry i Komputery Minionej Ery Home Page". www.gikme.pl.
- ^ "Apple Muzeum Polska". www.applemuzeumpolska.pl/.
- ^ "Complutense University of Madrid". www.ucm.es.
- ^ "Museum of Informatics". www.upv.es.
- ^ "The Retro Computer Museum". www.retrocomputermuseum.co.uk.
- ^ "Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine". Archived from the original on 2012-01-13. Retrieved 2016-08-30.
- ^ "The Staffordshire University Computing Futures Museum Home Page - a computer hardware museum/ teaching resource on the Stafford campus of Staffordshire University, The Octagon, Beaconside, Stafford, Staffordshire, UK". www.fcet.staffs.ac.uk.
- ^ "Time Line Computer Archive". t-lcarchive.org.
- ^ "The Micro Museum - Computer Museum - Ramsgate Kent UK". The Micro Museum - Computer Museum - Ramsgate Kent UK.
- ^ "Home Computer Museum - Hull, Humberside UK". www.homecomputermuseum.co.uk.
- ^ "IBM Hursley Museum Park". slx-online.biz/hursley/index.asp.
- ^ "Derby Computer Museum". www.derbycomputermuseum.co.uk.
- ^ "UK Computer Museums". UK: Computer Conservation Society. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ http://imusee.net/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Southwest Museum Of Engineering, Communications and Computation -Arizona's Radio and Television Museum - Also History Of Computers andComputation (SMECC)". www.smecc.org.
- ^ "The Topeka Computing Museum". www.gateman.com.
- ^ "The System Source Computer Museum".
- ^ "A locally curated collection of old computers". www.bv-comptuer-museum.org. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ^ "Power up the Past!". Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ^ "National Videogame Museum". www.nvmusa.org. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
- ^ "The U.Va. Computer Museum". www.cs.virginia.edu. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
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