Virtual Museum of Computing

The Virtual Museum of Computing (VMoC) is an eclectic collection of links and online resources concerning the history of computers and computer science.[2][3] It includes links to other related museums, both real and virtual, around the world, as well as having its own virtual galleries of information. A particular feature is the early computing pioneer Alan Turing, among others.[1]

Virtual Museum of Computing (VMoC)
The pioneer of computer science, Alan Turing, who has featured especially in the Virtual Museum of Computing, in collaboration with Andrew Hodges.[1]
Available inEnglish
Founded1994
HeadquartersUniversity of Oxford (in 1994),
Oxford
,
United Kingdom
Area servedWorldwide
Created byJonathan Bowen
Founder(s)Jonathan Bowen
IndustryMuseums
ServicesVirtual museum
ParentVirtual Library museums pages (VLmp)
URLmuseums.fandom.com
Launched1994
Current statusHosted by MuseumsWiki

This virtual museum was founded by Jonathan Bowen on 1 June 1995, originally at the Oxford University Computing Laboratory in the United Kingdom.[4] It has been supported by Museophile Limited[5] and also forms part of the Virtual Library museums pages (VLmp), supported by the International Council of Museums (ICOM).[6] VMoC was subsequently hosted at the University of Reading and London South Bank University, and was mirrored around the world as part of VLmp. It is now available as a wiki on the MuseumsWiki, hosted on Fandom (formerly Wikia).[7]

See also

References
  1. Bowen, Jonathan P.; Angus, Jim; Bennett, Jim; Borda, Ann; Hodges, Andrew; Filippini-Fantoni, Silvia; Beler, Alpay (2005). "The Development of Science Museum Websites: Case Studies". In Tan Wee Hin, Leo; Subramaniam, Ramanathan (eds.). E-learning and Virtual Science Centers (PDF). Hershey, USA: Idea Group Publishing. pp. 366–392. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2005. Section 3: Case Studies, Chapter XVIII.
  2. "Virtual Museum of Computing Web Site". IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. 18 (4): 67. 1996.
  3. Bowen, Jonathan P.; et al. (2005). "The Development of Science Museum Websites: Case Studies (Chapter XVIII)". In Hin, Leo Tan Wee; Subramaniam, Ramanathan (eds.). E-learning and Virtual Science Centers, Section 3: Case Studies (PDF). Hershey, USA: Idea Group Publishing. pp. 366–392. Archived from the original on 26 March 2005.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) (Official information.)
  4. Bowen, Jonathan P. (2010). "A Brief History of Early Museums Online". The Rutherford Journal. 3. {{cite journal}}: External link in |volume= (help)
  5. "Virtual Museum of Computing". Museophile Limited. Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  6. "Virtual Museum of Computing". Virtual Library museums pages. International Council of Museums. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  7. "Virtual Museum of Computing". MuseumsWiki. Fandom. Retrieved 24 June 2021.


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