Computing Museums

This page lists “flagship” museums whose primary mission is the History of Computing itself, rather than computing as a small wing inside a broader science or technology museum.

# Museums - Computer History Museum (CHM), Mountain View (Silicon Valley), California, USA. Large permanent galleries, major collections, and extensive oral histories - computerhistory.org - The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC), Bletchley Park, UK. Strong emphasis on working historic systems and the British early-computing lineage - tnmoc.org - Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum (HNF), Paderborn, Germany. A very large museum covering computing and the wider history of information technology - hnf.de - Musée Bolo, Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. Swiss computing and digital culture museum with substantial collections - museebolo.ch - American Computer & Robotics Museum, Bozeman, Montana, USA. Focused on computing history with a notable robotics dimension - compustory.com - Centre for Computing History, Cambridge, UK. Hands-on museum spanning home computing, software, and games culture - computinghistory.org.uk

# Find more If you want to expand beyond these “flagships”, the Wikipedia directory is a practical jumping-off point for discovering smaller regional museums and specialist collections - wikipedia.org