List of computer museums
Below is a list of computer museums around the world, organized by continent and country, then alphabetically by location.
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 Museum of Computing History, Monash University[3]
Europe
Belgium
- Computermuseum NAM-IP, Namur
Czech Republic
Germany
- Computerspielemuseum Berlin, Berlin - Video Game Museum
- BINARIUM, Dortmund - Video Game and Personal Computer Museum[10]
- Heinz Nixdorf Museums Forum, Paderborn[11]
- Computermuseum der Fakultat Informatik, University of Stuttgart[12]
- Oldenburger Computer-Museum, Oldenburg
- Computeum, Vilshofen,[13][14] with a selection from the Munich Computer Warehouse, Private Collection[15]
- 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[16]
- Computermuseum der Fachhochschule Kiel, Kiel
- de:Analog Computer Museum,[17] Bad Schwalbach / Hettenhain - Large collection of analog computers, working and under restoration.
Greece
Ireland
- Computer and Communications Museum of Ireland, National University of Ireland[18]
Italy
- Museo dell'Informatica Funzionante, Palazzolo Acreide (SR)
- Museo Interattivo di Archeologia Informatica, Cosenza
- UNESCO Computer Museum, Padova[20]
- All About Apple Museum, Savona[21]
- VIGAMUS, Rome - Video Game Museum
- Tecnologic@mente, Ivrea
- Museo degli strumenti per il calcolo, Pisa
The Netherlands
- Apple Museum Nederland, Orvelte near Hoogeveen
- Bonami SpelComputer Museum, Zwolle
- Computer Museum Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam[22]
- Computermuseum Hack42, Arnhem
- HomeComputerMuseum, Helmond[23]
- Rotterdams Radio Museum, Rotterdam
- Tehuis voor Bejaarde Computers, Winssen near Nijmegen
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
- Moscow Apple Museum
- Antimuseum of Computers and Games, Yekaterinburg
Slovenia
- Computer Museum Društvo Računalniški Muzej, Ljubljana
Spain
- Computer Museum Garcia Santesmases (MIGS), Complutense University[27]
- Museum of Informatics, Polytechnic University of Valencia[28]
- Museo de la Historia de la Computacion, Cáceres
Switzerland
- Musée Bolo, Lausanne
- Enter-Museum, Solothurn
Ukraine
United Kingdom
- Northwest Computer Museum, Leigh, Wigan
- The National Museum of Computing, Bletchley Park
- The Centre for Computing History, Cambridge
- Retro Computer Museum, Leicester[29]
- Science Museum, London, London
- National Archive for the History of Computing, University of Manchester[30]
- National Videogame Arcade, Nottingham
- The Computing Futures Museum, Staffordshire University - In association with the BCS[31]
- Museum of Computing, Swindon
- Time Line Computer Archive, Wigton[32]
- The Micro Museum, Ramsgate[33]
- Home Computer Museum, Hull[34]
- IBM Hursley Museum, Hursley[35]
See also: Computer Conservation Society[36]
North America
Canada
- Personal Computer Museum, Brantford
- iMusée, Montreal[37]
- York University Computer Museum or YUCoM, York University
- University of Saskatchewan Computer Museum
AZ
- Southwest Museum of Engineering,Communications and Computation, Glendale, Arizona[38]
CA
GA
KS
- The Topeka Computing Museum, Topeka, Kansas - Now being liquidated, online archive only.[39]
MD
- The System Source Computer Museum, Hunt Valley, Maryland[40]
NJ
- Vintage Computer Federation museum, Wall, New Jersey
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
TX
- Brazos Valley Computer Museum, Bryan, Texas[41]
- Museum of Computer Culture, Austin, Texas[42]
- National Videogame Museum, Frisco, Texas[43]
VA
- U.Va. Computer Museum, University of Virginia[44]
WA
- Living Computers: Museum + Labs, Seattle, Washington
- Microsoft Visitor Center, Redmond, Washington
South America
Argentina
- Museo de Informática UNPA-UARG, Río Gallegos - Official Website
- Museo de Informática de la República Argentina - Fundación ICATEC, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires - Official Website
- Espacio TEC, Bahia Blanca -
Online
- Old Computer Museum -
- 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
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.
- "UK Computer Museums". UK: Computer Conservation Society. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
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- "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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