Visitors from all 50 states and over 30 countries have marveled at the vast scope of the Compuseum’s collection ranging from 4,400 year old Babylonian Clay tablets through an original copy of Sir Isaac Newton’s revolutionary book, Principia (the foundation of physics) to rare documents from American and world-wide contributors to the rise of the Information Age including signed documents by Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Alexander Graham Bell, Samuel Morse, Ada Lovelace, Claude Shannon with original first editions of books by Charles Babbage, John Von Neuman, etc. to spectacular exhibits of antique office equipment and furniture including typewriters, cash registers, time pieces, slide rules, adding machines on through the enormous room-sized computers of the 1940s through the 1970s.

The stories of radio, television, the transistor, the microprocessor and other important inventions are showcased with world-class artifacts including an original Apollo Moon Mission Guidance Computer, a piece of the ENIAC computer and the first generations of the personal computer including the Altair, Apple I, the IBM PC, the first portable computers and hundreds of hand-held electronic calculators including the prototype of the very first one!

The best part of the Compuseum is that those visitors with little if any computer background have left extremely positive comments regarding their ability to, for the first time, understand the computer revolution. Individuals with backgrounds and interests spanning antiques, human history, the story of writing and mathematics, philosophy and the arts have found the Compuseum equally as engaging as those particularly interested in the history and evolution of science and technology. Those who are fascinated with technology: computer and communications specialists and professional historians of science and technology have been impressed with the depth of the Compuseum’s historic coverage. Children as well as adults enjoy the hands-on opportunities to try for themselves some early devices including typewriters, adding machines, slide rules and early games in the Compuseum is an interactive area.

The Compuseum has been written about in quality media outlets such as, The New Yorker Magazine, The New York Times, USA Today, The Los Angeles Times, QST Magazine, PC Week Magazine, National Public Radio, C-Span and national network television.

The Compuseum is located on the north end of town, across from the Big R on N. 7th Ave. There is plenty of free parking available. The admission fee is $3 per adult (13 yrs. and older), $2 per child (6 to 12 yrs.) and free for children under 6.

Hours: September through May: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, Noon-4 p.m. and 4-8 p.m. on Thursdays. June, July & August: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 7 days a week. Closed July 4th, Christmas and New Year’s Days.