On August 4, 1997 I toured the American Computer Museum in Bozeman, Montana. Watched a short movie on the evolution of the computer that was very good, then got private tour of the museum. Since by visit they have changed their name to American Computer & Robotics Museum. It is the World’s Oldest Continually Operating Museum of its Kind.
Founded in May of 1990 by visionary collector George Keremedjiev, the American Computer & Robotics Museum's mission is "To collect, preserve, interpret, and display the artifacts and history of the information age."
The exhibits span 4,000 years of human history, from original cuneiform tablets to the first personal computers, and include topics such as Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing, the Space Race, Cracking the Enigma Code, and more.
This is a VERY GOOD museum that you should visit if you are ever in the Bozeman area. It has very good and complete displays from the beginning up to today including some original stuff related to the development of the microprocessor. Lots of new and updated exhibits since I visited in 1997.
They have been visited by and have autographed pictures of the scientist/engineers who invented much of the technology. Very interesting.
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American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana
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The Early Office
American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana
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The Comptometer
American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana
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The Slide-Rule
American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana
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Punched Cards
American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana
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The Communication Revolution
American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana
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The Telephone Relay and Binary Computing
American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana
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Arrival of Electronics
American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana
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Miniaturization of Electronics
American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana
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Invention of Silicon Computer Chips
American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana
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American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana
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Analog Computers
American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana
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Compusarus
American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana
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American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana
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Electric Typewriters
American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana
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American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana
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Hard disk drive
American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana
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From Sand to Sand...
American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana
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The 1st Electronic Desktop Calculator
American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana
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The Mini-Computer is Born
American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana
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The Personal Computer Comes of Age
American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana
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25th Anniversary of the Microprocessor
American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana
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Early Personal Computers
American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana
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What's Inside a Personal Computer
American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana
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IBM 1311 Disk Storage Drive
American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana