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.

American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana

The Early Office
American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana

The Comptometer
American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana

The Slide-Rule
American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana

Punched Cards
American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana

The Communication Revolution
American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana

The Telephone Relay and Binary Computing
American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana

Arrival of Electronics
American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana

Miniaturization of Electronics
American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana

Invention of Silicon Computer Chips
American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana

American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana

Analog Computers
American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana

Compusarus
American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana

American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana

Electric Typewriters
American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana

American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana

Hard disk drive
American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana

From Sand to Sand...
American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana

The 1st Electronic Desktop Calculator
American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana

The Mini-Computer is Born
American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana

The Personal Computer Comes of Age
American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana

25th Anniversary of the Microprocessor
American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana

Early Personal Computers
American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana

What's Inside a Personal Computer
American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana

IBM 1311 Disk Storage Drive
American Computer Museum, Bozeman, Montana