Museum of Computing Machinery
The Museo degli Strumenti per il Calcolo—that is, the Museum of Computing Machinery in Pisa—is a rare hub where the story of calculation unfolds through its own devices. Founded in 2000, it sits in the heart of Pisa within the area of the former slaughterhouses, and forms part of the University of Pisa’s System of Musea, co-managed by the Fondazione Galileo Galilei. The museum is housed under the umbrella of the Fondazione and is affiliated with the Fondazione Galileo Galilei, reflecting Pisa’s long tradition of scientific inquiry. Its core collection is remarkable for being Italy’s only dedicated informatics museum, tracing the evolution of calculation from arithmetical devices of the 19th century to the large-scale computers of the 1950s–90s. …
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