The Computer Museum of America was established in

Roswell, Georgia Roswell is a city in northern Fulton County, Georgia, United States. At the official 2010 census, the city had a population of 88,346. The 2020 estimated population was 94,884, making Roswell the state's ninth largest city. A close suburb of Atla ...

and opened in July 2019 to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the

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. It is the largest technology museum on the East Coast with the opening of Phase I and when completed will be among the largest in the world. The museum was founded by Lonnie Mimms, who originally operated an Apple pop up museum, and includes original technologies including the Cray-1, one of a kind developments, and more, including the contents of the former

Bugbook Historical Computer Museum The Bugbook Historical Microcomputer Museum was a small display of several hundred key items from the collection of computer hobbyist David G. Larsen. The Museum was developed and maintained by the LCF Group (David & Gaynell Larsen and Dee Wallace) ...

, yet only a fraction of his 300,000 item collection are on display.

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