List of computer museums

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

• Technical museum in Brno - Computer Technology^[13]
• Retro Computer, Žatec^[14]
• Muzeum počítačové techniky, Higher Education College Žďár nad Sázavou^[15]
• Arcade Hry, Červený Újezd^[16] (arcade video games)
• Game World, Prague^[17] (arcade video games)

Denmark

• Dansk Datahistorisk Forening, Hedehusene^[18]

Estonia

• Arvutimuuseum,^[19] Tallinn

Finland

• Rupriikki Media Museum, Tampere^[20]
• Finnish Museum of Games, Tampere^[21]

France

• ACONIT, Grenoble^[22]
• MO5 [fr], Paris^[23]
• FEB, Angers^[24]
• Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris^[25]
• Musée de l'imprimerie, Lyon^[26]
• AMISA : Association pour un Musée de l'informatique, Sophia Antipolis^[27]
• INRIA : Institut national de recherche en Informatique et Automatique, Montbonnot-Saint-Martin^[28]
• Silicium, Toulouse^[29]

Germany

• Computerspielemuseum Berlin, Berlin - Video Game Museum
• BINARIUM, Dortmund - Video Game and Personal Computer Museum^[30]
• Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum, Paderborn^[31]
• Computermuseum der Fakultät Informatik, University of Stuttgart^[32]
• Oldenburger Computer-Museum, Oldenburg
• Computeum, Vilshofen,^[33][34] with a selection from the Munich Computer Warehouse, Private Collection^[35]
• 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^[36]
• Computermuseum der Fachhochschule Kiel, Kiel
• de:Analog Computer Museum,^[37] Bad Schwalbach / Hettenhain - Large collection of analog computers, working and under restoration.

Greece

• Hellenic IT Museum, in Athens^[38]

Ireland

• Computer and Communications Museum of Ireland, National University of Ireland^[39]

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^[40]
• All About Apple Museum, Savona^[41]
• Piedmontese Museum of Informatics, Turin^[42]
• VIGAMUS, Rome - Video Game Museum
• Tecnologic@mente, Ivrea
• Museo degli strumenti per il calcolo, Pisa

Lithuania

• Retrobytes cafe - vintage computers gallery, Kaunas^[43]

The Netherlands

• Bonami SpelComputer Museum, Zwolle^[44]
• Computer Museum Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam^[45]
• Computermuseum Hack42, Arnhem^[46]
• HomeComputerMuseum, Helmond^[47]
• Rotterdams Radio Museum, Rotterdam^[48]

Poland

• Muzeum Historii Komputerów i Informatyki, Katowice^[49]
• Muzeum Gry i Komputery Minionej Ery (Muzeum Gier), Wrocław^[50]
• Apple Muzeum Polska, Piaseczno^[51]

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

• Computer History Museum Slovenia, Ljubljana

Slovakia

• Computer Museum SAV, Bratislava

Spain

• Computer Museum Garcia Santesmases (MIGS), Complutense University^[52]
• Museum of Informatics, Polytechnic University of Valencia^[53]
• Museo de la Historia de la Computacion, Cáceres

Sweden

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

Switzerland

• Musée Bolo, Lausanne
• Enter Museum, Solothurn

Ukraine

• Software & Computer Museum, Kyiv, Kharkiv

United Kingdom

• Northwest Computer Museum, Leigh, Greater Manchester^[54]
• The National Museum of Computing, Bletchley Park
• The Centre for Computing History, Cambridge
• Retro Computer Museum, Leicester^[55]
• Science Museum, London, London
• National Archive for the History of Computing, University of Manchester^[56]
• National Videogame Arcade, Nottingham
• The Computing Futures Museum, Staffordshire University - In association with the BCS^[57]
• Museum of Computing, Swindon
• Time Line Computer Archive, Wigton^[58]
• The Micro Museum, Ramsgate^[59]
• Home Computer Museum, Hull^[60]
• IBM Hursley Museum, Hursley^[61]
• Derby Computer Museum^[62]
• The ICL Computer Museum^[63] - ICL and related items, computers, paperwork and software, from companies that made up ICL.

See also: Computer Conservation Society^[64]

North America

Canada

Ontario

• Personal Computer Museum, Brantford
• University of Waterloo Computer Museum, Waterloo, Ontario^[65]
• Vintage Computer Museum, Toronto, Ontario
• York University Computer Museum or YUCoM, York University^[66]

Quebec

• EMusée, Montreal^[67]
• iMusée, Montreal^[68]

Saskatchewan

• University of Saskatchewan Computer Museum^[69]

United States

Arizona

• Southwest Museum of Engineering, Communications and Computation, Glendale, Arizona^[70]

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.

• Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C.

Georgia

• Computer Museum of America, Roswell, Georgia
• Museum of Technology at Middle Georgia State University, Macon, Georgia^[71]

Kansas

• The Topeka Computing Museum, Topeka, Kansas - Now being liquidated, online archive only.^[72]

Maryland

• System Source Computer Museum, Hunt Valley, Maryland^[73]

Minnesota

• Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota

Montana

• American Computer & Robotics Museum, Bozeman, Montana

New Jersey

• Vintage Computer Federation Museum, Wall, New Jersey^[74]

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,^[75] Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
• Large Scale Systems Museum,^[76] Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• The Computer History Learning Center aka The Computer Church,^[77] Parkesburg, Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

• Rhode Island Computer Museum, Warwick, Rhode Island

Texas

• National Videogame Museum, Frisco, Texas^[78]

Virginia

• U.Va. Computer Museum, University of Virginia^[79]
• Virginia Computer Museum^[80]

Washington

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

Wisconsin

• Chippewa Falls Museum of Industry and Technology, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin^[81] - Exhibit offering "Seymour Cray and The Supercomputer"

South America

Argentina

• Espacio TEC,^[82] 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^[83] (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^[84] - Now a part of the American Computer & Robotics Museum in Bozeman, Montana.

See also

• Computer museum
• List of video game museums

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