Living Computers: Museum + Labs
Exterior of the museum | |
| Established | October 25, 2012 |
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| Dissolved | February 2020 |
| Location | 2245 1st Avenue South Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 47°34′57″N 122°20′05″W / 47.582487°N 122.334708°W |
| Type | Computer museum |
| Key holdings | PDP-10, IBM Mainframes, Apple 1, PLATO |
| Founder | Paul Allen |
| Curator | Aaron Alcorn |
| Public transit access | King County Metro, Link light rail |
| Nearest car park | Onsite and Street Parking |
| Website | www |
Living Computers: Museum + Labs (LCM+L) was a computer and technology museum located in the SoDo neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. LCM+L showcased vintage computers which provided interactive sessions, either through time-sharing operating systems or single-user interfaces. This gave users a chance to actually use the computers online or in-person in the museum. An expansion had added direct touch experiences with contemporary technologies such as self-driving cars, the internet of things, big data, and robotics. LCM+L had also hosted a wide range of educational programs and events in their state-of-the art classroom and lab spaces.
According to an archived version of LCM+L's website, their goal was "to breathe life back into our machines so the public can experience what it was like to see them, hear them, and interact with them. We make our systems accessible by allowing people to come and interact with them, and by making them available over the Internet."
The museum closed in February 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In June 2024, The Paul Allen Estate announced that the museum would be permanently closed and that the museum's collection, most of which was owned by the Estate and not the museum itself, would be auctioned off by Christie's.