I too was in Boston this spring looking for the Computer Museum.
I went to the MOS before I attempted to see the Computer Museum and
thus did not know that it had relocated until later when I visited the
former site of the Computer Museum.
Sadly I did not find the computer exhibits in the MOS.
Paul
On Tue, 25 Jul 2000, Adrian Graham wrote:
> I got a reply from one Max Burbank who said only this - "While the Computer
> Museum has closed, We have incorporated some of it's exhibits and it's
> mission into our own. For all the details, Follow this link; " and he gave a
> link to the Computer Section of the Boston MOS, which ultimately came up
> with nowt to say what had happened. Here's the link:
> http://www.mos.org/tcm/tcm.html
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Honniball [mailto:John.Honniball_at_uwe.ac.uk]
> > Sent: 25 July 2000 16:13
> > To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> > Subject: Re: RE: Vintage prices dropping on eBay?
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 25 Jul 2000 15:25:36 +0100 Adrian Graham
> > <agraham_at_ccat.co.uk> wrote:
> > > Not any more - the Boston Computer Museum closed in July
> > '99 and some of it
> > > was 'merged' with the Science Museum.
> >
> > Indeed so.
> >
> > > I only found out when I went to the
> > > Children's Museum, which was next to the Computer Museum.....most
> > > disappointed I was.
> >
> > Fortunately, I found out just before my visit to Boston in
> > September 1999.
> >
> > > I mailed them afterwards asking what had happened
> > > and all they could say was the collection still exists.
> > > Helpful, that.
> >
> > Hasn't it been shipped to California? The Computer Museum
> > History Centre? Moffat Field? Or am I getting confused?
> >
> > --
> > John Honniball
> > Email: John.Honniball_at_uwe.ac.uk
> > University of the West of England
> >
>
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