Where can I find information on computer museums? By that I mean,
people or organizations that keep and maintain outdated computers.

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Request for Question Clarification by easterangel-ga on 18 Nov 2003 17:30 PST

Hi! 

What kind of information do you need? Would a list of websites
describing computer museums be enough as an answer?

Thanks!

Hi orty8,

I have made a list of brick and mortar museums, and following that, a
list of online museums. When entering the search terms "computer
museum" in Google's search box, I was served up over 3 million
websites. Needless to say, I compiled my list from only the first 6
pages, and chose what I thought were the better sites. All have
contact information on the site.

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Brick and Mortar
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I have known about the Southwest Museum of Engineering, from working
with the museum owner's wife. I find the site a bit different, but
spend some time looking around... it's sort of like digging through
Grandpa's attic! You never know what might turn up!

Southwest Museum of Engineering, Communications, and Computation
http://www.smecc.org/


In San Diego, California, Computer Museum of America
http://www.computer-museum.org/


Rhode Island Computer Museum
http://www.osfn.org/ricm/

In Boseman, Montana, The American Computer Museum
http://www.compustory.com/
and
http://vmoc.museophile.com/

The University of Virginia,
http://www.cs.virginia.edu/brochure/museum.html

Near Santa Cruz and Silicon Valley, The Digibarn Computer Museum
http://www.digibarn.com/

In Wisconsin,
http://www.threedee.com/jcm/
Retro-Beep, in Buckinghamshire, England
http://www.retrobeep.com/


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Online Museums:
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The Obsolute Computer Museum
http://www.obsoletecomputermuseum.org/

MazelStar
http://www.mazelstar.com/

Old Computers
http://www.old-computers.com/news/default.asp


Russian Virtual Computer Museum
http://compmus9.valuehost.ru/english/

Rune's Computer Museum, located in Sweden, this site has links to many
other computer museums,
http://rune.tapper.com/museum/

In the UK,
http://www.punch-card.co.uk/

New Zealand Commodore Museum
http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/museum/

Nova Scotia, Canada
http://www.computermuseum.20m.com/frame.htm

Hope this is what you were looking for. If not, please ask for an
answer clarification, and I will respond as soon as possible.
Regards,
crabcakes-ga

Search strategy
computer museums

Here's another one from the heart of Silicon Valley.

http://www.computerhistory.org/about/index.page
Computer History Museum 

The mission of the Computer History Museum is to preserve and present
for posterity the artifacts and stories of the information age. As
such, the Museum plays a unique role in the history of the computing
revolution and its worldwide impact on the human experience.



Tel: +1 650 810 1010
Fax: +1 650 810 1055
info@computerhistory.org

Computer History Museum
1401 N Shoreline Blvd.
Mountain View, CA 94043