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

Asia

Israel

The Israeli Personal Computer Museum, Haifa^[1]

Japan

IPSJ Computer Museum - A virtual museum by IPSJ, an academic society of information processing in Japan,^[2] and affiliated physical computer museums ("satellite museums") all over Japan, such as:
- KCG Computer Museum, Kyoto - a computer museum by KCG, an education institution^[3]
- Microcomputer Museum in Ōme,_Tokyo^[4]
Tokyo University of Science Museum of Science's "History of the Computer"^[5]

South Korea

Nexon Computer Museum

Oceania

Australia

The Australian Computer Museum Society, Inc, NSW - very large collection^[6]
The Nostalgia Box, Perth - Video Game Museum^[7]
Powerhouse Museum - Has Computer Exhibit
Monash Museum of Computing History, Monash University^[8]

New Zealand

Techvana, Auckland^[9]^[10]

Europe

Belgium

Computermuseum NAM-IP, Namur^[11]
Unisys Computermuseum, Haren (Brussels)

Croatia

Peek&Poke, Rijeka^[12]

Czech Republic

Apple Museum, Prague

Denmark

Dansk Datahistorisk Forening, Hedehusene^[13]

Estonia

Arvutimuuseum,^[14] Tallinn

Finland

France

Germany

Computerspielemuseum Berlin, Berlin - Video Game Museum
BINARIUM, Dortmund - Video Game and Personal Computer Museum^[25]
Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum, Paderborn^[26]
Computermuseum der Fakultät Informatik, University of Stuttgart^[27]
Oldenburger Computer-Museum, Oldenburg
Computeum, Vilshofen,^[28]^[29] with a selection from the Munich Computer Warehouse, Private Collection^[30]
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^[31]
Computermuseum der Fachhochschule Kiel, Kiel
de:Analog Computer Museum,^[32] Bad Schwalbach / Hettenhain - Large collection of analog computers, working and under restoration.

Greece

Hellenic IT Museum, in Athens^[33]

Ireland

Computer and Communications Museum of Ireland, National University of Ireland^[34]

Italy

Museo dell'Informatica Funzionante, Palazzolo Acreide (Siracusa)
Museo del Computer, via per Occhieppo, 29, 13891 Camburzano (Biella)
Museo Interattivo di Archeologia Informatica, Cosenza
UNESCO Computer Museum, Padova^[35]
All About Apple Museum, Savona^[36]
Piedmontese Museum of Informatics, Turin^[37]
VIGAMUS, Rome - Video Game Museum
Tecnologic@mente, Ivrea
Museo degli strumenti per il calcolo, Pisa

Lithuania

Retrobytes cafe - vintage computers gallery, Kaunas^[38]

The Netherlands

Bonami SpelComputer Museum, Zwolle^[39]
Computer Museum Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam^[40]
Computermuseum Hack42, Arnhem^[41]
HomeComputerMuseum, Helmond^[42]
Rotterdams Radio Museum, Rotterdam^[43]

Poland

Portugal

LOAD ZX Spectrum Museum, Cantanhede
Museu Faraday, IST - Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa
Nostalgica - Museu de Videojogos e tecnologia, Lisboa
Museu dos Computadores Inforap, Braga
Museu Virtual da Informática, Universidade do Minho, Braga
Museu das Comunicações, Lisboa
Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência - Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa

Russia

Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines, Moscow
Yandex Museum, Moscow
Yandex Museum, Saint-Petersburg
Moscow Apple Museum
Antimuseum of Computers and Games, Yekaterinburg

Slovenia

Computer History Museum Slovenia, Ljubljana

Slovakia

Computer Museum SAV, Bratislava

Spain

Computer Museum Garcia Santesmases (MIGS), Complutense University^[47]
Museum of Informatics, Polytechnic University of Valencia^[48]
Museo de la Historia de la Computacion, Cáceres

Sweden

Dalby Datormuseum, Dalby on the island Aspö north of Strängnäs

Switzerland

Ukraine

Software & Computer Museum, Kyiv, Kharkiv

United Kingdom

Northwest Computer Museum, Leigh, Greater Manchester^[49]
The National Museum of Computing, Bletchley Park
The Centre for Computing History, Cambridge
Retro Computer Museum, Leicester^[50]
Science Museum, London, London
National Archive for the History of Computing, University of Manchester^[51]
National Videogame Arcade, Nottingham
The Computing Futures Museum, Staffordshire University - In association with the BCS^[52]
Museum of Computing, Swindon
Time Line Computer Archive, Wigton^[53]
The Micro Museum, Ramsgate^[54]
Home Computer Museum, Hull^[55]
IBM Hursley Museum, Hursley^[56]
Derby Computer Museum^[57]
The ICL Computer Museum^[58] - ICL and related items, computers, paperwork and software, from companies that made up ICL.

See also: Computer Conservation Society^[59]

North America

Canada

Ontario

Personal Computer Museum, Brantford
University of Waterloo Computer Museum, Waterloo, Ontario^[60]
York University Computer Museum or YUCoM, York University^[61]

Quebec

EMusée, Montreal^[62]
iMusée, Montreal^[63]

Saskatchewan

University of Saskatchewan Computer Museum^[64]

United States

Arizona

Southwest Museum of Engineering, Communications and Computation, Glendale, Arizona^[65]

California

D.C.

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

Georgia

Computer Museum of America, Roswell, Georgia
Museum of Technology at Middle Georgia State University, Macon, Georgia^[66]

Kansas

The Topeka Computing Museum, Topeka, Kansas - Now being liquidated, online archive only.^[67]

Maryland

System Source Computer Museum, Hunt Valley, Maryland^[68]

Minnesota

Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota

Montana

American Computer & Robotics Museum, Bozeman, Montana

New Jersey

Vintage Computer Federation Museum, Wall, New Jersey^[69]

New York

The Strong, International Center for the History of Electronic Games, Rochester, NY - Focus on Retrogaming but many games are on vintage personal computers.

Pennsylvania

Kennett Classic Computer Museum,^[70] Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
Large Scale Systems Museum,^[71] Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Computer Museum,^[72] Parkesburg, Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

Rhode Island Computer Museum, Warwick, Rhode Island

Texas

National Videogame Museum, Frisco, Texas^[73]

Virginia

U.Va. Computer Museum, University of Virginia^[74]
Virginia Computer Museum^[75]

Washington

Wisconsin

Chippewa Falls Museum of Industry and Technology, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin^[76] - Exhibit offering "Seymour Cray and The Supercomputer"

South America

Argentina

Brasil

Online

The ICL Computer Museum^[78] (UK)
MV Museu de Tecnologia (Brazil)
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 (The Apple Museum) - 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^[79] - Now a part of the American Computer & Robotics Museum in Bozeman, Montana.

See also

References

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^ "Southwest Museum Of Engineering, Communications and Computation -Arizona's Radio and Television Museum - Also History Of Computers andComputation (SMECC)". www.smecc.org.
^ "Museum of Technology: Middle Georgia State University". www.mga.edu. Retrieved 2022-12-26.
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^ "The Vintage Mac Museum » Say Hello Again". Retrieved 2023-10-07.

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