System Source Computer Museum

The System Source Computer Museum, located in Hunt Valley, Maryland, USA, exhibits notable computing devices from ancient times until the present.^[1] Over 5,000 objects are on display and many of the computational devices are operational. STEM activities are offered to organized tour groups. Admission is $15 for adults, $10 for students, children, veterans, and first responders. The museum is open weekdays from 9:00am until 6:00pm by appointment. Museum docents are available to lead tours. The National Electronics Museum is in the same building, and admission provides access to both museums.

System Source Computer Museum

Established	1981; 44 years ago (1981)
Location	Hunt Valley, Maryland, U.S.
Coordinates	39.48610°N 76.66306°W / 39.48610; -76.66306
Website	museum.syssrc.com

History

The museum's origins date to 1981 when a Baltimore ComputerLand franchise had computers in inventory that instantly became historic artifacts with the introduction of the IBM Personal Computer.^[2]

The museum was incorporated as a non-profit 501(c)(3) in 2018 as the Maryland Technology Museum with the trade name the System Source Computer Museum.^[3] In 2021, the museum became the new home of the DigiBarn Computer Museum.

Exhibits

Apple 1 #10 The Briefcase Apple on display at System Source

Digi-Comp II on display at System Source

• Apples: Apple 1, Apple II, Apple ///, Apple Lisa and most other Apple products
• Control Data Corporation: CDC 160 Series
• Cray computers: Cray-1, Cray-2, Cray T90
• DEC computers: PDP-5, PDP-8, LINC^[4] PDP-12, VAX
• Computer memory: Delay-line memory Magnetic-core memory
• Kenbak-1: Kenbak-1
• Pre-industrial computers: Abacus, Quipu, Napier's bones, slide rule
• Tic-Tac-Toe and computers: Charles Babbage's research on the game, Relay Tic Tac Toe Machine,^[5] Matchbox Educable Noughts and Crosses Engine (MENACE)
• UNIVAC: UNIVAC 490, UNIVAC 418
• Xerox: Xerox Alto^[6]
• IBM: Two IBM System/360 Model 20s on long-term loan from a private collection in the UK.^[7]

STEM programs

• Hardware Workshop
• Programming a Virtual PET
• Squeak (Etoys Programming)