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| name          = Computer Museum of America
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| image         = Computer Museum of America (44).jpg
| caption       = [[Sun Microsystems]] computers at the museum
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| coordinates   = {{coord|34.038718|-84.340978|type:landmark_globe:earth_region:US-GA|display=ti}}
| established   = {{start date and age|2019|07|}}
| location      = [[Roswell, Georgia]]
| type          = [[Computer museum]]
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| website       = {{URL|https://www.computermuseumofamerica.org/}}
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The '''Computer Museum of America''' is located in [[Roswell, Georgia]] and opened in July 2019 to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the [[Moon landing]]. It is the largest technology museum on the [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]] with the opening of Phase I and when completed will be among the largest in the world.<ref name="uat">{{cite news |last1=Greenfield |first1=David |title=Computer Museum of America Aims to Connect Technology and People |url=https://www.automationworld.com/home/blog/13319447/computer-museum-of-america-aims-to-connect-technology-and-people |accessdate=28 October 2020 |work=Automation World |date=15 January 2019}}</ref>
The museum was founded by Lonnie Mimms, who originally operated an Apple pop up museum, and includes rare artifacts including a [[Cray-1]], [[Apple I]], [[Apple Lisa]], a [[Pixar Image Computer]], an [[Enigma machine|Enigma]], a [[Xerox Alto]], a [[Altair 8800|MITS Altair 8800]] and more.  The collection includes the contents of the former [[Bugbook Historical Computer Museum]].  While the museum shows many items, they are only a fraction of his 300,000 plus in the collection.<ref name="berrios">{{Cite news |last=Berrios |first=Laura |title=A lifelong collector of digital artifacts is on a mission to document history |language=English |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |url=https://www.ajc.com/inspire/a-lifelong-collector-of-digital-artifacts-is-on-a-mission-to-document-history/TGUNKEM45VAFPAJW264FTMFI7Q/ |access-date=2022-01-17 |issn=1539-7459}}</ref><ref name="apm">{{cite news |last1=Grochowski |first1=Julia |title=Computer museum opens doors to the future |url=https://www.northfulton.com/alpharetta_roswell/computer-museum-opens-doors-to-the-future/article_5752d354-ad63-11e9-b67a-7be6f65e270a.html |accessdate=28 October 2020 |publisher=Appen Media |date=27 December 2019}}</ref><ref name="bugg">{{cite news |last1=Ranaivo |first1=Yann |title=Floyd man moves 30-ton collection of electronics to Atlanta suburb |url=https://roanoke.com/news/local/floyd-man-moves-30-ton-collection-of-electronics-to-atlanta-suburb/article_9594ee6d-933a-52fd-96f2-9a18f77fef7b.html |accessdate=28 October 2020 |work=The Roanoke Times |date=1 May 2016}}</ref><ref name="amz">{{cite news |last1=Lahkani |first1=Asif |title=The world’s largest collection of vintage supercomputers is in Roswell, Georgia |url=https://www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture-articles/the-worlds-largest-collection-of-vintage-supercomputers-is-in-roswell-georgia/ |accessdate=28 October 2020 |work=Atlanta Magazine |date=6 August 2019}}</ref>
== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://www.computermuseumofamerica.org/}}
* {{Commons category-inline|Computer Museum of America}}
[[Category:Museums in Fulton County, Georgia]]
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