Interesting idea! I'd get a yearly membership to this museum.
Good one! As you can probably tell by the stuff I post, I'm into that kinda stuff, too. Space and ancient civilizations stuff ... always fascinating stuff.
I'd just need to build the structure. I already have the content in storage.
Almost every computer and game console I've owned. Starts with an Atari 400. Includes highlights like the original pacman, dig-dug, and space invaders carts. A Turbographics 16, an IBM XT, 286, 386, a Nintendo Virtual Boy (I had 3d way before it was cool :). And a tonn of other stuff.
The only thing I didn't keep was my c64. It didn't survive. After numerous home repairs it decided to go out in a blaze.
I'd visit this. I have a bunch of old modems, original zip drive, and a 1x cd burner, that was like $800 at the time, that I would totally donate
I've got a 1x cd-burner in one of the systems also. I paid about the same, but profited so much off it that I burned out the first one from use but didn't care.
Selling CDs was very lucrative, especially once modchips for game systems came out.
You'd allow visitors to play on these devices or is it display only?
Good question. I'd love to make them available to play, but I wouldn't trust the public.
Maybe have emulators beside the original systems on display.
That's a good idea. The general public can't be trusted.
Easy for me. I'm a gun guy, so it would be collector arms kinda thing, old guns and armaments, like my armsandarmour sub on Voat. I thought about making the same sub here for collector arms, but Phuks is still small enough it doesn't need that when I can post to /s/guns and /s/history subs for now.
I have an idea. Or two.
A museum dedicated to genius cons and scams, for example: The Yellow Kid Andrew Weil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Weil Or some of the genius but playful cons of PT Barnum.
Or a museum dedicated to turn of the century Pro-wrestling
That would be interesting. There are a lot of great con artists to showcase.
Did you ever check out the Bodies exhibit that traveled around?
I had about every computer too since an Atari 400, but sadly, kept none. But great museum concept. The one I wish I still had was my Commodore SX-64, like a mini-laptop before laptops with a small color monitor. SX-64. The control cable between the computer and keyboard broke ... I tried to repair to no avail ... and at the time couldn't find a replacement. I was moving and made one of those fateful decision just to toss it. I miss that old guy - LOL
Ancient cultures and how they relate to the stars. I like space and love that so many people before us built entire civilizations around aligning stuff to the stars. I would have a dozen different rooms with huge models of the cities as they were with the constellations overlayed or projected on top.