The Computer Museum (TCM) was a computer museum in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, started in 1979, that closed in 1999. Gordon and Gwen Bell, with the assistance Digital Equipment Corporation, founded the Digital Computer Museum in a former RCA building in September 1979. The director appointed to lead the museum was Oliver Strimple, who moved from the Science Museum in London. In spring 1982, the Museum received non-profit charitable foundation status from the Internal Revenue Service. In fall 1983, The Computer Museum, which had dropped "Digital" from its title, decided to relocate to Museum Wharf in downtown Boston, sharing space with the Children's Museum in a renovated wool warehouse. On November 13, 1984, the Museum officially opened to the public at its new location. In 1996, the museum established The Computer Museum History Center in Moffett Field, California, which changed its name to the Computer History Museum in 2001. When the museum closed in 1999, the Museum's artifacts and exhibits became part of the collection of the Museum of Science in Boston. In February 2000, the remaining historical artifacts were sent to the Computer Museum History Center.
External links
- Backgrounder — press release on the Computer History Museum website.
