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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.cite-ref-1[1]

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:

• the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, United States.

• the American Computer & Robotics Museum in Bozeman, Montana, United States.

• The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park, United Kingdom.

• The Centre for Computing History in Cambridge, United Kingdom

• the Nexon Computer Museum in Jeju Province. South Korea.

Some specialize in the early history of computing,cite-ref-bostoneniactime-2-0[2] 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.cite-ref-jasonmacmuseumnyt-3-0[3]

Contents

• Asia

• Israel

• Japan

• South Korea

• Oceania

• Australia

• New Zealand

• Europe

• Belgium

• Croatia

• Czech Republic

• Denmark

• Estonia

• Finland

• France

• Germany

• Greece

• Ireland

• Italy

• Lithuania

• The Netherlands

• Poland

• Portugal

• Romania

• Russia

• Slovenia

• Slovakia

• Spain

• Sweden

• Switzerland

• Ukraine

• United Kingdom

• North America

• Canada

• United States

• South America

• Argentina

• Brasil

• Online

• See also

• Further reading

• References

Asia

Israel

• The Israeli Personal Computer Museum, Haifacite-ref-4[4]

Japan

• IPSJ Computer Museum - A virtual museum by IPSJ, an academic society of information processing in Japan,cite-ref-5[5] and affiliated physical computer museums ("satellite museums") all over Japan, such as:

• KCG Computer Museum, Kyoto - a computer museum by KCG, an education institutioncite-ref-6[6]

• Microcomputer Museum in Ōme,_Tokyocite-ref-7[7]

• Tokyo University of Science Museum of Science's "History of the Computer"cite-ref-8[8]

South Korea

• Nexon Computer Museum

Oceania

Australia

• The Australian Computer Museum Society, Inc, NSW - very large collectioncite-ref-9[9]

• The Nostalgia Box, Perth - Video Game Museumcite-ref-10[10]

• Powerhouse Museum - Has Computer Exhibit

• Monash Museum of Computing History, Monash Universitycite-ref-11[11]

New Zealand