THE COMPUTER MUSEUM TODAY:
 Permanent Collections
Our permanent collections house computer artifacts from many different eras.  Each of these artifacts is remarkable for its role in the development of computers and computing history.  Today's exhibits are organized around four chronological stages of computer development, starting as far back as ancient China!  In every gallery you can visit the computer technology of a different era and learn how that technology affected later generations.  This is the entryway to all the interior exhibition halls of the museum. To visit any gallery, just click on its icon and you're on your way!

In Gallery I:
The history of calculating devices from the Abacus to early calculators.

In Gallery II:
Development of mechanical calculation and the birth of programmable machines.

In Gallery III:
Calculators capitalize on the new technology of the microprocessor.

In Gallery IV:
Computers we recognize and how they took shape.
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  All photos by Todd E. Gaul.

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