Computer museums Computer museums The American Computer Museum is a museum of the history of computing founded in May 1990 by Barbara and George Keremedjiev as a non-profit organization and originally intended to be located in Princeton, New Jersey; the museum's location was changed to Bozeman, Montana when the museum's founders moved there. It may be the oldest extant museum dedicated to the history of computers in the world. The Boston Computer museum opened first but closed in 1999. ...more on Wikipedia about "American Computer Museum"
Bletchley Park (BP) is a site located in the town of Bletchley, in Milton Keynes, England. During World War II, Bletchley Park was the location of the United Kingdom's codebreaking establishment. Codes and ciphers of several countries were deciphered, most famously the German Enigma. The high-level intelligence produced by Bletchley Park was codenamed Ultra. While the exact influence of Ultra on World War II is debated, it is frequently credited with hastening the defeat of Germany by two years. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bletchley Park"
The Computer History Museum is a museum established in 1996, when the Boston Computer Museum sent its large mainframes and historical artifacts collection to Moffett Field for storage so that the Boston Computer Museum could concentrate more on modern computers. Thus, it was originally The Computer Museum History Center until 2001 ** ), and dedicated to preserving the history of the information age and the computing revolution. ...more on Wikipedia about "Computer History Museum"
The DigiBarn Computer Museum, or simply DigiBarn, is a computer history museum in Boulder Creek, California, United States. The museum is housed in a 90-year-old barn constructed from old-growth Redwood in the Santa Cruz Mountains (adjacent to Silicon Valley). ...more on Wikipedia about "DigiBarn Computer Museum"
The Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, located in Manchester, England, is a large museum devoted to the development of science, technology, and industry and particularly the city's not inconsiderable contributions to these. ...more on Wikipedia about "Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester"
The Rhode Island Computer Museum is a vintage computer museum located in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. On display are a number of personal microcomputers from the USA and UK, and mainframe computers (e.g. DEC VAXes, Wang 2200-VP, DEC PDP-8, -9, -10 and -11s, et cetera). Also situated in the collection are examples of Sequent multi-processor machines, a DG Eclipse from the Harvard Cyclotron, one of two surviving Astronautics, and a large selection of Wang VS machines. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rhode Island Computer Museum"
The Tech Museum of Innovation, or simply The Tech, is a museum located in the heart of Silicon Valley, in downtown San Jose, California USA. Focusing on technology and its effects, The Tech serves as an important educational and cultural resource for tourists and local residents alike. ...more on Wikipedia about "The Tech Museum of Innovation" Be happy with http://www.shortopedia.com Computer_museums
The Virtual Museum of Computing (VMoC) is an electic collection of links and online resources concerning the history of computing. It includes links to other related museums, both real and virtual, around the world, as well as having its own virtual galleries of information. A particular feature is the early computing pioneer Alan Turing, among others. ...more on Wikipedia about "Virtual Museum of Computing"
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