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
[edit]Israel
[edit]Japan
[edit]- 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
[edit]Oceania
[edit]Australia
[edit]- 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
[edit]Europe
[edit]Belgium
[edit]- Computermuseum NAM-IP, Namur[11]
- Unisys Computermuseum, Haren (Brussels)
Croatia
[edit]Czech Republic
[edit]Denmark
[edit]- Dansk Datahistorisk Forening, Hedehusene[13]
Estonia
[edit]Finland
[edit]France
[edit]- ACONIT, Grenoble[17]
- MO5, Paris[18]
- FEB, Angers[19]
- Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris[20]
- Musée de l’imprimerie, Lyon[21]
- AMISA : Association pour un Musée de l’informatique, Sophia Antipolis[22]
- INRIA : Institut national de recherche en Informatique et Automatique, Montbonnot-Saint-Martin[23]
- Silicium, Toulouse[24]
Germany
[edit]- Computerspielemuseum Berlin, Berlin - Video Game Museum
- BINARIUM, Dortmund - Video Game and Personal Computer Museum[25]
- Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum, Paderborn[26]
- Computermuseum der Fakultät Informatik, University of Stuttgart[27]
- Oldenburger Computer-Museum, Oldenburg
- Computeum, Vilshofen,[28][29] with a selection from the Munich Computer Warehouse, Private Collection[30]
- 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[31]
- Computermuseum der Fachhochschule Kiel, Kiel
- de:Analog Computer Museum,[32] Bad Schwalbach / Hettenhain - Large collection of analog computers, working and under restoration.
Greece
[edit]Ireland
[edit]Italy
[edit]- Museo dell'Informatica Funzionante, Palazzolo Acreide (Siracusa)
- Museo del Computer, via per Occhieppo, 29, 13891 Camburzano (Biella)
- Museo Interattivo di Archeologia Informatica, Cosenza
- UNESCO Computer Museum, Padova[35]
- All About Apple Museum, Savona[36]
- Piedmontese Museum of Informatics, Turin[37]
- VIGAMUS, Rome - Video Game Museum
- Tecnologic@mente, Ivrea
- Museo degli strumenti per il calcolo, Pisa
Lithuania
[edit]The Netherlands
[edit]- Bonami SpelComputer Museum, Zwolle[39]
- Computer Museum Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam[40]
- Computermuseum Hack42, Arnhem[41]
- HomeComputerMuseum, Helmond[42]
- Rotterdams Radio Museum, Rotterdam[43]
Poland
[edit]- Muzeum Historii Komputerów i Informatyki, Katowice[44]
- Muzeum Gry i Komputery Minionej Ery (Muzeum Gier), Wrocław[45]
- Apple Muzeum Polska, Piaseczno[46]
Portugal
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines, Moscow
- Yandex Museum, Moscow
- Yandex Museum, Saint-Petersburg
- Moscow Apple Museum
- Antimuseum of Computers and Games, Yekaterinburg
Slovenia
[edit]Slovakia
[edit]- Computer Museum SAV, Bratislava
Spain
[edit]- Computer Museum Garcia Santesmases (MIGS), Complutense University[47]
- Museum of Informatics, Polytechnic University of Valencia[48]
- Museo de la Historia de la Computacion, Cáceres
Sweden
[edit]- Dalby Datormuseum, Dalby on the island Aspö north of Strängnäs
Switzerland
[edit]Ukraine
[edit]United Kingdom
[edit]- Northwest Computer Museum, Leigh, Greater Manchester[49]
- The National Museum of Computing, Bletchley Park
- The Centre for Computing History, Cambridge
- Retro Computer Museum, Leicester[50]
- Science Museum, London, London
- National Archive for the History of Computing, University of Manchester[51]
- National Videogame Arcade, Nottingham
- The Computing Futures Museum, Staffordshire University - In association with the BCS[52]
- Museum of Computing, Swindon
- Time Line Computer Archive, Wigton[53]
- The Micro Museum, Ramsgate[54]
- Home Computer Museum, Hull[55]
- IBM Hursley Museum, Hursley[56]
- Derby Computer Museum[57]
- The ICL Computer Museum[58] - ICL and related items, computers, paperwork and software, from companies that made up ICL.
See also: Computer Conservation Society[59]
North America
[edit]Canada
[edit]Ontario
[edit]- Personal Computer Museum, Brantford
- University of Waterloo Computer Museum, Waterloo, Ontario[60]
- York University Computer Museum or YUCoM, York University[61]
Quebec
[edit]Saskatchewan
[edit]- University of Saskatchewan Computer Museum[64]
United States
[edit]Arizona
[edit]California
[edit]- 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
D.C.
[edit]Georgia
[edit]- Computer Museum of America, Roswell, Georgia
- Museum of Technology at Middle Georgia State University, Macon, Georgia[66]
Kansas
[edit]- The Topeka Computing Museum, Topeka, Kansas - Now being liquidated, online archive only.[67]
Maryland
[edit]Minnesota
[edit]Montana
[edit]New Jersey
[edit]- Vintage Computer Federation Museum, Wall, New Jersey[69]
New York
[edit]- The Strong, International Center for the History of Electronic Games, Rochester, NY - Focus on Retrogaming but many games are on vintage personal computers.
Pennsylvania
[edit]- Kennett Classic Computer Museum,[70] Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
- Large Scale Systems Museum,[71] Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Computer Museum,[72] Parkesburg, Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
[edit]Texas
[edit]Virginia
[edit]- U.Va. Computer Museum, University of Virginia[74]
- Virginia Computer Museum[75]
Washington
[edit]Wisconsin
[edit]- Chippewa Falls Museum of Industry and Technology, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin[76] - Exhibit offering "Seymour Cray and The Supercomputer"
South America
[edit]Argentina
[edit]- Espacio TEC,[77] Bahia Blanca
- Museo de Informática UNPA-UARG, Río Gallegos
- Museo de Informática de la República Argentina - Fundación ICATEC (closed), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
Brasil
[edit]Online
[edit]- The ICL Computer Museum[78] (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[79] - Now a part of the American Computer & Robotics Museum in Bozeman, Montana.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "The Israeli Personal Computer Museum Page".
- ^ IPSJ Computer Museum and its satellite museums
- ^ KCG Computer Museum
- ^ "マイコン博物館 一般財団法人 科学技術継承財団".
- ^ Museum of Science, TUC
- ^ "Australian Computer Museum Society".
- ^ "TheNostalgiaBox". thenostalgiabox.com.au. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ^ "Monash Museum of Computing History".
- ^ "Techvana - Technology Nirvana - The New Zealand Computer Museum". Techvana - The New Zealand Computer Museum. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
- ^ "Techvana". Tall Poppies. 41 (1): 8–9. March 2016 – via National Library of New Zealand.
- ^ "Computer Museum NAM-IP". Computer Museum NAM-IP.
- ^ "PEEK&POKE Muzej Računala - Computer Museum". www.peekpoke.hr.
- ^ "Dansk Datahistorisk Forening | Dataarkæologerne" (in Danish). Retrieved 2022-12-26.
- ^ "Arvutimuuseum". arvutimuuseum.ee. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
- ^ "Media Museum Rupriikki - Museokeskus Vapriikki". 30 August 2023.
- ^ "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".
- ^ "Musée des Arts et Métiers".
- ^ "Musée de l'imprimerie".
- ^ "AMISA".
- ^ "INRIA".
- ^ "Silicium".
- ^ "[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. 16 November 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ^ Computerarchiv Muenchen : süddeutsches Museum für digitale Entwicklungsgeschichte. C. Habermueller. 2019.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ "Analog Computer Museum". analogmuseum.org.
- ^ "The Hellenic IT Museum home page".
- ^ "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.
- ^ "FWT UNESCO Computer Museum Home Page". musi.fwtunesco.org.
- ^ "All About Apple Museum - The alive Apple Museum in Italy". All About Apple.
- ^ "Museo piemontese dell'informatica".
- ^ "RETROBYTES (CAFE - VINTAGE COMPUTERS GALLERY)".
- ^ "Bonami Spelcomputer Museum". computermuseum.nl.
- ^ "UvA Computermuseum". ub.fnwi.uva.nl.
- ^ "Computermuseum Hack42". museum.hack42.nl.
- ^ "HomeComputerMuseum". www.homecomputermuseum.nl.
- ^ "Rotterdams Radio Museum". rotterdamsradiomuseum.nl.
- ^ "Muzeum Historii Komputerów i Informatyki Home Page". www.muzeumkomputerow.edu.pl.
- ^ "Muzeum Gry i Komputery Minionej Ery Home Page". www.gikme.pl. 26 March 2019.
- ^ "Apple Muzeum Polska". www.applemuzeumpolska.pl/.
- ^ "Complutense University of Madrid". www.ucm.es.
- ^ "Museum of Informatics". www.upv.es.
- ^ "North West Computer Museum". www.nwcomputermuseum.org.uk.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "The ICL Computer Museum". vintage-icl-computers.com.
- ^ "UK Computer Museums". UK: Computer Conservation Society. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ "University of Waterloo Computer Museum | University of Waterloo". uwaterloo.ca/computer-museum. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
- ^ "YUCoM york university computer museum | York University". museum.eecs.yorku.ca. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
- ^ "PCmuseum - Personal computer history and collection of pc's". emusee.org. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
- ^ http://imusee.net/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "University of Saskatchewan Computer Museum - UofS Computer Museum | University of Saskatchewan". computermuseum.usask.ca. Retrieved 2022-12-26.
- ^ "Southwest Museum Of Engineering, Communications and Computation -Arizona's Radio and Television Museum - Also History Of Computers andComputation (SMECC)". www.smecc.org.
- ^ "Museum of Technology: Middle Georgia State University". www.mga.edu. Retrieved 2022-12-26.
- ^ "The Topeka Computing Museum". www.gateman.com.
- ^ "The System Source Computer Museum".
- ^ "Museum Info - Vintage Computer Federation". Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ "Kennett Classic". Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ "Large Scale Systems Museum". Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ "The Computer Church". Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ "National Videogame Museum". www.nvmusa.org. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
- ^ "The U.Va. Computer Museum". www.cs.virginia.edu. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ^ "Virginia Computer Museum".
- ^ "Chippewa Falls Museum of Industry and Technology". www.cfmit.org. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ "Espacio TEC - Museo de Informática". 19 August 2022.
- ^ "www.vintage-icl-computers.com". www.vintage-icl-computers.com. Retrieved 2022-12-26.
- ^ "The Vintage Mac Museum » Say Hello Again". Retrieved 2023-10-07.