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The Interim Computer Museum (ICM) has opened a web presence detailing its mission to preserve computing history through interactive, hands-on exhibits that combine vintage hardware with modern upgrades. The nonprofit operates as a 501(c)(3) charity working alongside SDF Public Access UNIX System, Inc., a 501(c)(7) membership organization, relying on memberships to fund events, remote access and artifact preservation.
The ZCOM computer museum in Hoyerswerda, Germany, may shut down by year's end after the municipal housing company withdrew its annual €110,000 subsidy. The city council is now deciding whether to continue funding the museum, which has drawn only about 10,000 of its targeted 20,000-25,000 annual visitors since reopening in 2017. Without a new backer, the foundation running ZCOM says it will have to close the institution.
The Zuse-Computer-Museum (ZCOM) in Hoyerswerda, Germany, held its last public opening days before a planned shutdown, with its trustee foundation confirming in July 2026 that the museum will close and its unique computing-history collection dismantled by year's end. Visitor numbers plunged to roughly 3,600 in two months, far below the 30,000 annual target set at its 2017 founding, leaving the institution unable to sustain itself financially.
A donor grant received in summer 2025 has enabled organizers to begin indexing the long-stored collection of the former Computer Museum of America and San Diego Computer Museum, which has sat in the basement of SDSU's Love Library for over two decades. The archive includes not just vintage computers and hardware but magazines, newsletters, software, books and manuals documenting the rise of the Information Age. Organizers are also launching fundraising and marketing efforts to raise awareness of the collection's existence and value.