List of computer museums

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Below is a list of computer museums around the world, organized by continent and country, then alphabetically by location.

Asia

Israel

  • The Israeli Personal Computer Museum, Haifa[1]

Japan

  • IPSJ Computer Museum - A virtual museum by IPSJ, an academic society of information processing in Japan[2], and affiliated physical computer museums ("satellite museums") all over Japan, such as:
    • KCG Computer Museum, Kyoto - a computer museum by KCG, an education institution[3]
    • Microcomputer Museum in Ōme,_Tokyo[4]
  • Tokyo University of Science Museum of Science's "History of the Computer"[5]

South Korea

  • Nexon Computer Museum

Oceania

Australia

  • The Australian Computer Museum Society, Inc, NSW - very large collection[6]
  • The Nostalgia Box, Perth - Video Game Museum[7]
  • Powerhouse Museum - Has Computer Exhibit
  • Monash Museum of Computing History, Monash University[8]

New Zealand

  • Techvana, Auckland[9][10]

Europe

Belgium

  • Computermuseum NAM-IP, Namur[11]
  • Unisys Computermuseum, Haren (Brussels)

Croatia

  • Peek&Poke, Rijeka[12]

Czech Republic

  • Apple Museum, Prague

Denmark

  • Dansk Datahistorisk Forening, Hedehusene[13]

Finland

France

  • ACONIT, Grenoble[16]
  • MO5 [fr], Paris[17]
  • FEB, Angers[18]
  • Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris[19]
  • Musée de l’imprimerie, Lyon[20]
  • AMISA : Association pour un Musée de l’informatique, Sophia Antipolis[21]
  • INRIA : Institut national de recherche en Informatique et Automatique, Montbonnot-Saint-Martin[22]
  • Silicium, Toulouse[23]

Germany

  • Computerspielemuseum Berlin, Berlin - Video Game Museum
  • BINARIUM, Dortmund - Video Game and Personal Computer Museum[24]
  • Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum, Paderborn[25]
  • Computermuseum der Fakultät Informatik, University of Stuttgart[26]
  • Oldenburger Computer-Museum, Oldenburg
  • Computeum, Vilshofen,[27][28] with a selection from the Munich Computer Warehouse, Private Collection[29]
  • Deutsches Museum, Munich - Large computer collection in their Communications exhibit
  • technikum29 living museum, Frankfurt - Re-opened in January 2020.
  • Computerarchiv Muenchen, Munich - Computer, Video Games and Magazine Archive[30]
  • Computermuseum der Fachhochschule Kiel, Kiel
  • de:Analog Computer Museum,[31] Bad Schwalbach / Hettenhain - Large collection of analog computers, working and under restoration.

Greece

  • Hellenic IT Museum, in Athens[32]

Ireland

Italy

Lithuania

  • Retrobytes cafe - vintage computers gallery, Kaunas[37]

The Netherlands

Poland

  • Muzeum Historii Komputerów i Informatyki, Katowice[43]
  • Muzeum Gry i Komputery Minionej Ery (Muzeum Gier), Wrocław[44]
  • Apple Muzeum Polska, Piaseczno[45]

Portugal

Russia

Slovenia

Slovakia

  • Computer Museum SAV, Bratislava

Spain

Sweden

  • Dalby Datormuseum, Dalby on the island Aspö north of Strängnäs

Switzerland

Ukraine

United Kingdom

See also: Computer Conservation Society[58]

North America

Canada

Ontario

Quebec

Saskatchewan

United States

Arizona

  • Southwest Museum of Engineering, Communications and Computation, Glendale, Arizona[64]

California

D.C.

Georgia

Kansas

  • The Topeka Computing Museum, Topeka, Kansas - Now being liquidated, online archive only.[66]

Maryland

Minnesota

Montana

New Jersey

New York

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

Texas

Virginia

Washington

Wisconsin

South America

Argentina

Brasil

  • Museu Capixaba do Computador, Vitória/ES
  • Museu do Computador, São Paulo/SP

Online

  • The ICL Computer Museum[77] (UK)
  • MV Museu de Tecnologia (Brazil)
  • Old Computer Museum
  • San Diego Computer Museum - Physical objects were donated to the San Diego State University Library, but still does online exhibits
  • Obsolete Computer Museum
  • Old-Computers.com
  • HP Computer Museum
  • Early Office Museum
  • IBM Archives
  • EveryMac.com
  • Bitsavers.org - Software and Document Archive
  • TAM (The Apple Museum) - Apple Computers and Products
  • Rewind Museum - Virtual museum with traveling physical exhibits
  • The Computer Collector
  • New Computer Museum
  • IPSJ Computer Museum - Computers of Japan
  • Freeman PC Museum
  • FEMICOM Museum - Femininity in 20th century Video games, computers and electronic toys
  • Home Computer Museum
  • Malware Museum - Malware programs from the 80's and 90's that have been stripped of their destructive properties.
  • History Computers
  • KASS Computer Museum - A computer history museum & private collection
  • Russian Virtual Computer Museum - a history of Soviet Computers from the late 1940s
  • Soviet Digital Electronics Museum - a museum of Soviet electronic calculators, PCs and some other devices
  • Development of Computer Science and Technologies in Ukraine - Ukrainian virtual Computer Museum
  • Spectrum Generation collection, supporting the LOAD ZX Spectrum Museum in Portugal
  • Home Computer Museum UK
  • Vintage Mac Museum[78] - Now a part of the American Computer & Robotics Museum in Bozeman, Montana.

See also

References

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  2. ^ IPSJ Computer Museum and its satellite museums
  3. ^ KCG Computer Museum
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  5. ^ Museum of Science, TUC
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  17. ^ "Association MO5.com".
  18. ^ "Fédération des équipes Bull".
  19. ^ "Musée des Arts et Métiers".
  20. ^ "Musée de l'imprimerie".
  21. ^ "AMISA".
  22. ^ "INRIA".
  23. ^ "Silicium".
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  42. ^ "Rotterdams Radio Museum". rotterdamsradiomuseum.nl.
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  44. ^ "Muzeum Gry i Komputery Minionej Ery Home Page". www.gikme.pl. 26 March 2019.
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  51. ^ "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.
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  56. ^ "Derby Computer Museum". www.derbycomputermuseum.co.uk.
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  64. ^ "Southwest Museum Of Engineering, Communications and Computation -Arizona's Radio and Television Museum - Also History Of Computers andComputation (SMECC)". www.smecc.org.
  65. ^ "Museum of Technology: Middle Georgia State University". www.mga.edu. Retrieved 2022-12-26.
  66. ^ "The Topeka Computing Museum". www.gateman.com.
  67. ^ "The System Source Computer Museum".
  68. ^ "Museum Info - Vintage Computer Federation". Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  69. ^ "Kennett Classic". Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  70. ^ "Large Scale Systems Museum". Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  71. ^ "The Computer Church". Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  72. ^ "National Videogame Museum". www.nvmusa.org. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  73. ^ "The U.Va. Computer Museum". www.cs.virginia.edu. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  74. ^ "Virginia Computer Museum".
  75. ^ "Chippewa Falls Museum of Industry and Technology". www.cfmit.org. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  76. ^ "Espacio TEC - Museo de Informática". 19 August 2022.
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