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

Japan

  • IPSJ Computer Museum - A virtual museum by IPSJ, an academic society of information processing in Japan[1]
  • KCG Computer Museum, Kyoto - a computer museum by KCG, an education institution[2]
  • Tokyo University of Science Museum of Science's "History of the Computer"[3]

South Korea

  • Nexon Computer Museum

Oceania

Australia

  • The Australian Computer Museum Society, Inc, NSW - very large collection[4]
  • The Nostalgia Box, Perth - Video Game Museum[5]
  • Powerhouse Museum - Has Computer Exhibit
  • Monash Museum of Computing History, Monash University[6]

New Zealand

Europe

Belgium

  • Computermuseum NAM-IP, Namur[9]
  • Unisys Computermuseum, Haren (Brussels)

Croatia

  • Peek&Poke, Rijeka[10]

Czech Republic

  • Apple Museum, Prague

Denmark

  • Dansk Datahistorisk Forening, Hedehusene[11]

Finland

  • Rupriikki Media Museum, Tampere[12]
  • Finnish Museum of Games, Tampere[13]

France

  • ACONIT, Grenoble[14]
  • MO5.com (fr), Paris[15]
  • FEB, Angers[16]
  • Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris[17]
  • Musée de l’imprimerie, Lyon[18]
  • AMISA : Association pour un Musée de l’informatique, Sophia Antipolis[19]
  • INRIA : Institut national de recherche en Informatique et Automatique, Montbonnot-Saint-Martin[20]
  • Silicium, Toulouse[21]

Germany

  • Computerspielemuseum Berlin, Berlin - Video Game Museum
  • BINARIUM, Dortmund - Video Game and Personal Computer Museum[22]
  • Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum, Paderborn[23]
  • Computermuseum der Fakultät Informatik, University of Stuttgart[24]
  • Oldenburger Computer-Museum, Oldenburg
  • Computeum, Vilshofen,[25][26] with a selection from the Munich Computer Warehouse, Private Collection[27]
  • 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[28]
  • Computermuseum der Fachhochschule Kiel, Kiel
    de:Analog Computer Museum,[29] Bad Schwalbach / Hettenhain - Large collection of analog computers, working and under restoration.

Greece

  • Hellenic IT Museum

Ireland

  • Computer and Communications Museum of Ireland, National University of Ireland[30]

Israel

  • The Israeli Personal Computer Museum, Haifa[31]

Italy

  • 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[32]
  • All About Apple Museum, Savona[33]
  • Piedmontese Museum of Informatics, Turin[34]
  • VIGAMUS, Rome - Video Game Museum
  • Tecnologic@mente, Ivrea
  • Museo degli strumenti per il calcolo, Pisa

The Netherlands

  • Bonami SpelComputer Museum, Zwolle[35]
  • Computer Museum Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam[36]
  • Computermuseum Hack42, Arnhem[37]
  • HomeComputerMuseum, Helmond[38]
  • Rotterdams Radio Museum, Rotterdam[39]

Poland

  • Muzeum Historii Komputerów i Informatyki, Katowice[40]
  • Muzeum Gry i Komputery Minionej Ery (Muzeum Gier), Wrocław[41]
  • Apple Muzeum Polska, Piaseczno[42]

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
  • Antimuseum of Computers and Games, Yekaterinburg

Slovenia

Slovakia

  • Computer Museum SAV, Bratislava

Spain

  • Computer Museum Garcia Santesmases (MIGS), Complutense University[43]
  • Museum of Informatics, Polytechnic University of Valencia[44]
  • Museo de la Historia de la Computacion, Cáceres

Sweden

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

Switzerland

Ukraine

  • Software & Computer Museum, Kyiv, Kharkiv

United Kingdom

  • Northwest Computer Museum, Leigh, Wigan[45]
  • The National Museum of Computing, Bletchley Park
  • The Centre for Computing History, Cambridge
  • Retro Computer Museum, Leicester[46]
  • Science Museum, London, London
  • National Archive for the History of Computing, University of Manchester[47]
  • National Videogame Arcade, Nottingham
  • The Computing Futures Museum, Staffordshire University - In association with the BCS[48]
  • Museum of Computing, Swindon
  • Time Line Computer Archive, Wigton[49]
  • The Micro Museum, Ramsgate[50]
  • Home Computer Museum, Hull[51]
  • IBM Hursley Museum, Hursley[52]
  • Derby Computer Museum[53]
  • The ICL Computer Museum[54]

See also: Computer Conservation Society[55]

North America

Canada

United States

Arizona

  • Southwest Museum of Engineering, Communications and Computation, Glendale, Arizona[60]

California

  • 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.

Georgia

Kansas

  • The Topeka Computing Museum, Topeka, Kansas - Now being liquidated, online archive only.[62]

Maryland

  • System Source Computer Museum, Hunt Valley, Maryland[63]

Minnesota

Montana

  • American Computer & Robotics Museum, Bozeman, Montana

New Jersey

  • Vintage Computer Federation Museum, Wall, New Jersey

New York

  • The Strong, International Center for the History of Electronic Games, Rochester, NY - Focus on Retrogaming but many games are on vintage personal computers.

Pennsylvania

  • Kennett Classic Computer Museum, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
  • Large Scale Systems Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • Pennsylvania Computer Museum, Parkesburg, Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

  • Rhode Island Computer Museum, Warwick, Rhode Island

Texas

  • National Videogame Museum, Frisco, Texas[64]

Virginia

Washington

  • Living Computers: Museum + Labs, Seattle, Washington
  • Microsoft Visitor Center, Redmond, Washington

Wisconsin

  • Chippewa Falls Museum of Industry and Technology, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin[67] - Exhibit offering "Seymour Cray and The Supercomputer"

South America

Argentina

  • Espacio TEC,[68] 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

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

Online

  • The ICL Computer Museum[69] (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[70] - Now a part of the American Computer & Robotics Museum in Bozeman, Montana.

See also

  • Computer museum
  • List of video game museums

References

  1. ↑ IPSJ Computer Museum and its satellite museums
  2. ↑ KCG Computer Meseum
  3. ↑ Museum of Science, TUC
  4. ↑ "Australian Computer Museum Society". http://www.acms.org.au/. 
  5. ↑ "TheNostalgiaBox". http://thenostalgiabox.com.au/. Retrieved 6 September 2016. 
  6. ↑ "Monash Museum of Computing History". http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/about/museum/. 
  7. ↑ "Techvana - Technology Nirvana - The New Zealand Computer Museum" (in en-AU). https://techvana.org.nz/. 
  8. ↑ "Techvana". Tall Poppies 41 (1): 8–9. March 2016. https://natlib-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?vid=NLNZ&docid=INNZ7115230270002837&context=L&search_scope=INNZ. 
  9. ↑ "Computer Museum NAM-IP". https://www.nam-ip.be/. 
  10. ↑ "PEEK&POKE Muzej Računala - Computer Museum". http://www.peekpoke.hr/welcome/. 
  11. ↑ "Dansk Datahistorisk Forening | Dataarkæologerne" (in da-DK). https://datamuseum.dk/. 
  12. ↑ "Media Museum Rupriikki - Museokeskus Vapriikki". 30 August 2023. http://vapriikki.fi/en/nayttelyt/mediamuseo-rupriikki/. 
  13. ↑ "The Finnish Museum of Games - Museokeskus Vapriikki". http://vapriikki.fi/en/nayttelyt/finnish-museum-games/. 
  14. ↑ "Association Pour un Conservatoire de l'informatique et de la télématique". http://www.aconit.org/. 
  15. ↑ "Association MO5.com". http://mo5.com/. 
  16. ↑ "Fédération des équipes Bull". http://feb-patrimoine.com/. 
  17. ↑ "Musée des Arts et Métiers". http://www.arts-et-metiers.net/. 
  18. ↑ "Musée de l'imprimerie". http://www.imprimerie.lyon.fr/. 
  19. ↑ "AMISA". http://www-sop.inria.fr/amisa/. 
  20. ↑ "INRIA". http://aconit.inria.fr/omeka/entrez.html/. 
  21. ↑ "Silicium". http://silicium.org/site/index.php/. 
  22. ↑ "[BINARIUM. Deutsches Museum der digitalen Kultur"]. https://binarium.de/. 
  23. ↑ KG, HDNET GmbH & Co.. "HNF - Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum - The world´s biggest computer museum in Paderborn". http://www.hnf.de/en/home.html. 
  24. ↑ Krause, Klemens. "Computermuseum of the faculty of computer sciences". http://computermuseum.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/index.en.html. 
  25. ↑ "Man from Munich gives City of Vilshofen a Computer Museum". https://www.pnp.de/lokales/stadt-und-landkreis-passau/vilshofen/3113806_Ein-Muenchner-schenkt-Vilshofen-ein-Computer-Museum.html. 
  26. ↑ "Computeum is taking shape". https://www.pnp.de/lokales/stadt-und-landkreis-passau/vilshofen/Computeum-nimmt-Formen-an-3314950.html. 
  27. ↑ "The Computeum, One Of The Biggest Computer Museums in Germany". 16 November 2014. http://hackaday.com/2014/11/16/the-computeum-one-of-the-biggest-computer-museums-in-germany/. Retrieved 13 September 2016. 
  28. ↑ Computerarchiv Muenchen : süddeutsches Museum für digitale Entwicklungsgeschichte. C. Habermueller. 2019. http://d-nb.info/1205810919. 
  29. ↑ "Analog Computer Museum". http://analogmuseum.org/. 
  30. ↑ "Computer and Communications Museum of Ireland | MSPI Participants | Museums Standards Programme for Ireland | Our Initiatives | Museums and Archive | The Heritage Council". http://www.heritagecouncil.ie/museums-archive/heritage-council-initiatives/museums-standards-programme-for-ireland/mspi-participants/computer-and-communications-museum-of-ireland/. Retrieved 13 September 2016. 
  31. ↑ "The Israeli Personal Computer Museum Page". http://www.ipcm.org.il/about. 
  32. ↑ "FWT UNESCO Computer Museum Home Page". http://musi.fwtunesco.org/. 
  33. ↑ "All About Apple Museum - The alive Apple Museum in Italy". https://www.allaboutapple.com/en/. 
  34. ↑ "Museo piemontese dell'informatica". https://www.museionline.info/musei/museo-piemontese-dell-informatica. 
  35. ↑ "Bonami Spelcomputer Museum". https://computermuseum.nl/. 
  36. ↑ "UvA Computermuseum". https://ub.fnwi.uva.nl/computermuseum//. 
  37. ↑ "Computermuseum Hack42". http://museum.hack42.nl/. 
  38. ↑ "HomeComputerMuseum". https://www.homecomputermuseum.nl//. 
  39. ↑ "Rotterdams Radio Museum". https://rotterdamsradiomuseum.nl/. 
  40. ↑ "Muzeum Historii Komputerów i Informatyki Home Page". http://www.muzeumkomputerow.edu.pl/. 
  41. ↑ "Muzeum Gry i Komputery Minionej Ery Home Page". 26 March 2019. https://gikme.pl//. 
  42. ↑ "Apple Muzeum Polska". https://www.applemuzeumpolska.pl/. 
  43. ↑ "Complutense University of Madrid". https://www.ucm.es/english/computer. 
  44. ↑ "Museum of Informatics". http://museo.inf.upv.es/en. 
  45. ↑ "North West Computer Museum". https://www.nwcomputermuseum.org.uk. 
  46. ↑ "The Retro Computer Museum". http://www.retrocomputermuseum.co.uk. 
  47. ↑ "Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine". http://www.chstm.manchester.ac.uk/research/nahc/. 
  48. ↑ "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". http://www.fcet.staffs.ac.uk/jdw1/sucfm/index.html. 
  49. ↑ "Time Line Computer Archive". http://t-lcarchive.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1145&Itemid=471. 
  50. ↑ "The Micro Museum - Computer Museum - Ramsgate Kent UK". http://www.themicromuseum.org/. 
  51. ↑ "Home Computer Museum - Hull, Humberside UK". http://www.homecomputermuseum.co.uk. 
  52. ↑ "IBM Hursley Museum Park". https://slx-online.biz/hursley/index.asp. 
  53. ↑ "Derby Computer Museum". https://www.derbycomputermuseum.co.uk. 
  54. ↑ "The ICL Computer Museum". http://www.vintage-icl-computers.com. 
  55. ↑ "UK Computer Museums". UK: Computer Conservation Society. http://www.computerconservationsociety.org/museums.htm. Retrieved 2 September 2016. 
  56. ↑ "PCmuseum - Personal computer history and collection of pc's". http://emusee.org//. 
  57. ↑ "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}". http://imusee.net/. 
  58. ↑ "University of Saskatchewan Computer Museum - UofS Computer Museum | University of Saskatchewan". https://computermuseum.usask.ca/. 
  59. ↑ "University of Waterloo Computer Museum | University of Waterloo". https://computermuseum.uwaterloo.ca/. 
  60. ↑ "Southwest Museum Of Engineering, Communications and Computation -Arizona's Radio and Television Museum - Also History Of Computers andComputation (SMECC)". http://www.smecc.org. 
  61. ↑ "Museum of Technology: Middle Georgia State University". https://www.mga.edu/computing/technology-museum/index.php. 
  62. ↑ "The Topeka Computing Museum". http://www.gateman.com/museum/. 
  63. ↑ "The System Source Computer Museum". https://museum.syssrc.com/. 
  64. ↑ "National Videogame Museum". http://www.nvmusa.org/our-mission. Retrieved 25 September 2017. 
  65. ↑ "The U.Va. Computer Museum". https://www.cs.virginia.edu/about/museum/. Retrieved 13 September 2016. 
  66. ↑ "Virginia Computer Museum". http://www.vacomputermuseum.org. 
  67. ↑ "Chippewa Falls Museum of Industry and Technology". http://www.cfmit.org/exhibits. Retrieved 13 July 2023. 
  68. ↑ "Espacio TEC - Museo de Informática". 19 August 2022. https://www.espaciotec.com.ar//. 
  69. ↑ "www.vintage-icl-computers.com". http://www.vintage-icl-computers.com/. 
  70. ↑ "The Vintage Mac Museum » Say Hello Again" (in en-US). https://vintagemacmuseum.com/home/say-hello-again/. 



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