List of computer museums


A computer museum is devoted to the study of historic computer hardware and software, where a “museum” is a “permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates, and exhibits the tangible and intangible heritage of humanity and its environment, for the purposes of education, study, and enjoyment”, as defined by the International Council of Museums.
Some computer museums exist within larger institutions, such as the Science Museum in London, United Kingdom; and the Deutsches Museum in Munich, Germany. Others are dedicated specifically to computing, such as:
Some specialize in the early history of computing, others in the era that started with the first personal computers such as the Apple I and Altair 8800, Apple II systems, older Mac models, Amiga, IBM PCs and rarer computers such as the Osborne 1. Some concentrate more on research and conservation, others more on education and entertainment. There are also private collections, most of which can be visited by appointment.

Asia

Israel

  • The Israeli Personal Computer Museum, Haifa

    Japan

  • IPSJ Computer Museum - A virtual museum by IPSJ, an academic society of information processing in Japan, and affiliated physical computer museums all over Japan, such as:
  • *KCG Computer Museum, Kyoto - a computer museum by KCG, an education institution
  • *Microcomputer Museum in Ōme,_Tokyo
  • Tokyo University of Science Museum of Science's "History of the Computer"

    South Korea

  • Nexon Computer Museum

    Oceania

Australia

Belgium

See also: Computer Conservation Society

North America

Canada

Manitoba

Arizona

Argentina

  • Espacio TEC, Bahia Blanca
  • Museo de Informática UNPA-UARG, Río Gallegos
  • Museo de Informática de la República Argentina - Fundación ICATEC, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires

    Brasil

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

    Online

  • The ICL Computer Museum
  • MV Museu de Tecnologia
  • 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 - 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 - Now a part of the American Computer & Robotics Museum in Bozeman, Montana.