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The National Museum of American History of the Smithsonian Institution has a Computer History Collection, Information Age, on its first floor. It centers on the technical evolution of electrical and electronic information technology. The display has over 900 original artifacts. They include Samuel Morse's telegraphs, Alexander Bell's telephones, a Hollerith punched card machine, a 4-rotor German ENIGMA encoder used during World War II, the ENIAC computer, the TELESTAR test satellite, an automotive welding robot, a selection of early personal computers, and digital high definition television.

14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C., 202-357-2700 http://americanhistory.si.edu/csr/comphist/index.htm

The Virtual Museum of Computing History of the Oxford University is a very resourceful online museum. The webiste lists galleries, local virtual exhibits, corporate history, history of computing organizations, general historical information, computer-related museums, on-line exhibits and information, personal collections, and other resources. Its Pioneers of Computing page is highly recommended.

http://vlmp.museophile.com/computing.html

American Computer Museum appeal from the beginner through the expert in computing. It has a comprehensive assortment of antique office appliance, mainframe computers and peripherals, and scores of personal computers - all presented in a timeline fashion. Located 90 miles north of Yellowstone National Park in beautiful downtown Bozeman, Montana, the museum draws thousands of visitors from all 50 states and over 50 countries.

(406) 587-7545, americancomputermuseum@computer.org

The Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum (HNF) is the largest computer museum in the world. Visitors can learn about the history of information processing from cuneiform script to the Internet. The exhibition on the first floor, "From Cuneiform to Computers," is dedicated to the development of the cultural technologies of calculating up through the invention of the first computer; The second floor, "Computers conquer the World," presents the last fifty years of the development of information and communications technology.

Fürstenallee 7, 33102 Paderborn, 49+5251-3066-00, http://www.hnf.de

The Charles Babbage Institute is a historical research center and archives dedicated to promoting study of the history of information technology and its impact on society. CBI preserves relevant historical documentation and conducts and fosters research. The CBI archives program preserves primary source materials relating to the history of information technology. The collection consists of corporate records, manuscript materials, records of professional associations, oral history interviews, trade publications, periodicals, obsolete manuals and product literature, photographs, films, videos, and reference materials.

222 - 21st Avenue South, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, 612 624.5050, http://www.cbi.umn.edu

The Computer Museum History Center is dedicated to the preservation and celebration of computing history. It is home to one of the largest collections of computing artifacts in the world,a collection comprising over 3,000 artifacts, 2,000 films and videotapes, 5,000 photographs, 2,000 linear feet of cataloged documentation and gigabytes of software. The collection is housed in a visible storage building in Mountain View, California, in the heart of Silicon Valley.

Building T-12A, Moffett Federal Airfield, Mountain View, California 94035, +1 650 604 2579 info@computerhistory.org

The National Archive for the History of Computing is the UK's most important
history of computing resource. It was opened in 1987 to provide a repository for the documents and images of computer history, and a centre to encourage its study. A rich collection is available to scholars. The Archive has many thousands of documents and photographs. Some of these give unique insights into the development of computing.

Mathematics Tower, The University, Manchester, M13 9PL, England, (0161) 275-5845