# DigiBarn Computer Museum

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{{Short description|Museum in Boulder Creek, California}}
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[[File:Bruce Damer.jpg|thumb|Bruce Damer, cofounder and curator of DigiBarn, poses with an early Macintosh signed by [Steve Wozniak](/source/Steve_Wozniak) during [Macworld Expo](/source/Macworld_Expo) 2009.]]

The '''DigiBarn Computer Museum''', or simply '''DigiBarn''', is a computer history museum in [Boulder Creek, California](/source/Boulder_Creek%2C_California), United States. The museum is housed in a 90-year-old barn constructed from old-growth [Redwood](/source/Sequoia_sempervirens) in the [Santa Cruz Mountains](/source/Santa_Cruz_Mountains), which is adjacent to [Silicon Valley](/source/Silicon_Valley).  It was co-founded by Bruce Damer<ref>[http://www.digibarn.com/about.html DigiBarn Computer Museum: About Us or Why are We Doing This?<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and Allan Lundell on May 7, 2001.<ref>[http://www.digibarn.com/friends/allan-lundell/index.htm DigiBarn Friends: Allan Lundell<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

The primary focus of the museum's collection is on the birth and evolution of personal, [interactive computing](/source/interactive_computing), starting with the [LINC](/source/LINC) (1962), considered by some to be the first true personal computer, and leading on up through the [homebrew](/source/Homebrew_Computer_Club) [microcomputer revolution](/source/microcomputer_revolution) of the 1970s, the propagation of personal computing to homes and businesses in the 1980s and the spread of networked computing in the 1990s. The Digibarn does have a few large machines on display such as a [Cray-1](/source/Cray-1) [supercomputer](/source/supercomputer). One notable point is that a large number of the Digibarn artifacts are available to visitors in a hands-on fashion, allowing them to [boot up](/source/booting), load software and interact with the machines.

The Digibarn collection has mainly been donated by individuals and companies in nearby [Silicon Valley](/source/Silicon_Valley) and around the world. The Digibarn has a major focus on the legacy of [Xerox](/source/Xerox) and the birth of the [graphical user interface](/source/graphical_user_interface) with a large collection of [Apple](/source/Apple_Inc.) products, although other historic computer systems are featured, including the [Atari 400](/source/Atari_400), [Osborne 1](/source/Osborne_1), [Kaypro II](/source/Kaypro) and the [IBM 5150](/source/IBM_Personal_Computer) ([IBM PC](/source/IBM_Personal_Computer)).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com/A-trip-down-computer-memory-lane/2100-1042_3-6203311.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906101144/http://www.news.com/A-trip-down-computer-memory-lane/2100-1042_3-6203311.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-09-06|title=A trip down computer memory lane
|publisher=[news.com](/source/news.com)|date=2007-08-18}}</ref>

As of December 2021, most of the collection is on a long-term loan at the [System Source Computer Museum](/source/System_Source_Computer_Museum).<ref name="Digibarn 2022">{{cite web |url=https://www.digibarn.com/ |title=Home |author=Digibarn Computer Museum |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302153113/https://www.digibarn.com/ |archivedate=2022-03-02 |accessdate=2022-03-13 }}</ref>

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== External links ==
* [http://www.digibarn.com/ DigiBarn Computer Museum website]

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Category:Computer museums in California
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