Mulling a museum

I was part of a small group that tried to start a computer museum in the Minneapolis area in the late 1970's and early 1980's. Unfortunately, there were few computer museums to relate to at the time and selling the vision was not always easy. Our break through came when we met with the governor, Rudy Perpich, who had worked for Control Data Corp. He liked the idea and arranged a meeting with Bill Norris of CDC. He also liked the idea and gave his support for the idea along with people and access to the Control Data warehouse containing some early systems for starters if the museum found a home. We approached a couple local museums with the idea of joining with them. Both liked it so much that a small political battle resulted. In the mean time, DEC announced the opening of the Boston Computer Museum and support for opening another museum dwindled. It was a great experience and in that 5 year period, I even collected a few systems with hopes of displaying them. Burlington Northern gave us a Univac III system and Pillsbury gave us a GE timesharing system that was originally at Dartmouth. I also had an operational Bendix G-15 in my classroom. Wished I still had some of these today! I do have about 100 micros yet and many boxes of miscellaneous items that I have started to sort through now that I am retired. I have done a YouTube video with an overview of some interesting items that I collected, if you want to take a look: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDeKUrOpFiU You might want to consider an area science museum and approach them with the idea of having a display area. I wish you luck with your efforts!