List of computer museums

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

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Asia

South Korea

• Nexon Computer Museum

Australia

• The Australian Computer Museum Society, Inc, NSW - very large collection|url=http://www.acms.org.au/}}</ref>
• The Nostalgia Box, Perth - Video Game Museum[1]
• Powerhouse Museum - Has Computer Exhibit
• Monash Museum of Computing History, Monash University[2]

Europe

Belgium

• Computermuseum NAM-IP, Namur

Croatia

• Peek&Poke, Rijeka[3]

Czech Republic

• Apple Museum, Prague

Finland

• Rupriikki Media Museum, Tampere[4]
• Finnish Museum of Games, Tampere[5]

France

• ACONIT, Grenoble[6]
• MO5, Paris[7]
• FEB, Angers[8]

Germany

• Computerspielemuseum Berlin, Berlin - Video Game Museum
• BINARIUM, Dortmund - Video Game and Personal Computer Museum[9]
• Heinz Nixdorf Museums Forum, Paderborn[10]
• Computermuseum der Fakultat Informatik, University of Stuttgart[11]
• Oldenburger Computer-Museum, Oldenburg
• Computeum, Munich - Computer Warehouse, Private Collection[12]
• 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[13]
• Computermuseum der Fachhochschule Kiel, Kiel
• de:Analog Computer Museum,[14] 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[15]

Israel

• The Israeli Personal Computer Museum, Haifa[16]

Italy

• UNESCO Computer Museum, Padova[17]
• All About Apple Museum, Savona[18]
• 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[19]
• Computermuseum Hack42, Arnhem
• HomeComputerMuseum, Helmond [20]
• Rotterdams Radio Museum, Rotterdam
• Tehuis voor Bejaarde Computers, Winssen near Nijmegen

Poland

• Muzeum Historii Komputerów i Informatyki, Katowice[21]

Portugal

• LOAD ZX Spectrum Museum, Cantanhede

Russia

• Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines, Moscow
• Yandex Museum, Moscow
• Moscow Apple Museum
• Museum of computers, Yekaterinburg

Slovenia

• Computer Museum Društvo Računalniški Muzej, Ljubljana

Spain

• Computer Museum Garcia Santesmases (MIGS), Complutense University[22]
• Museum of Informatics, Polytechnic University of Valencia[23]
• http://www.museoapple.com/

Switzerland

• Musée Bolo, Lausanne
• Enter-Museum, Solothurn

Ukraine

• Software & Computer Museum, Kyiv, Kharkiv

United Kingdom

• The National Museum of Computing, Bletchley Park
• The Centre for Computing History, Cambridge
• Retro Computer Museum, Leicester[24]
• Science Museum, London, London
• National Archive for the History of Computing, University of Manchester[25]
• National Videogame Arcade, Nottingham
• The Computing Futures Museum, Staffordshire University - In association with the BCS[26]
• Museum of Computing, Swindon
• Time Line Computer Archive, Wigton[27]
• The Micro Museum, Ramsgate[28]
• Home Computer Museum, Hull[29]

See also: Computer Conservation Society[30]

North America

Canada

• Personal Computer Museum, Brantford
• iMusée, Montreal[31]
• York University Computer Museum or YUCoM, York University
• Nova Scotia First Museum, Annapolis Royal
• University of Saskatchewan Computer Museum

United States

AZ

• Southwest Museum of Engineering,Communications and Computation, Glendale, Arizona[32]

CA

• 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

DC

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

GA

• The Computer Museum of America, Roswell, Georgia, opened in 2019[33]

KS

• The Topeka Computing Museum, Topeka, Kansas - Now being liquidated, online archive only.[34]

MD

• The System Source Computer Museum, Hunt Valley, Maryland[35]

MN

• Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota

MT

• American Computer & Robotics Museum, Bozeman, Montana

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

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

RI

• Rhode Island Computer Museum, North Kingstown, Rhode Island

TX

• Brazos Valley Computer Museum, Bryan, Texas[36]
• Museum of Computer Culture, Austin, Texas[37]
• National Videogame Museum, Frisco, Texas[38]

VA

• U.Va. Computer Museum, University of Virginia[39]

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
• MOCA - Museum of Computer Art - Official Website
• 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

See also

• Computer museum
• List of video game museums

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