[Source](http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/ "Permalink to The Collection Overview | Computer History Museum") # The Collection Overview | Computer History Museum * * [Get Involved][1] * [Contact][2] * [Directions][3] * [About Us][4] * __ * [Donate Now][5] [ ![Computer History Museum][6] ][7] * [ @chm Museum Blog ][8] * [ Centers Museum Centers ][9] * [ Collections Discover the Museum's Offerings ][10] * [ Education Revolutionizing Learning ][11] * [ Events Experience the World of Computing ][12] * [ Exhibits Learn about the People and Stories ][13] * [ Visit Us Hours and Admission ][14] ## Collections * [Overview][10] * [Catalog Search][15] * [Oral History Collection][16] * [Access and Research][17] * [Donate Artifacts][18] * [Archival Finding Aids][19] * [Fairchild Notebooks][20] * [Gwen Bell Collection][21] * [Marketing Brochures][22] ## Centers & Programs * [Exponential Center __][23] * [Center for Software History __][24] * [Internet History Program __][25] ## Core Magazine * [Current Issue][26] * [Back Issues][27] ## Special Projects * [Computer Restorations __][28] * [IT Corporate Histories Project __][29] * [History of Fortran __][30] * [Computer Communications __][31] * [The Center for Cisco Heritage][32] * [The Computer Museum __][33] # The Collection Overview ![Selling The Revolution][34] The Computer History Museum is home to the world's largest collection of artifacts related to the history of computing and includes hardware, software, documents, ephemera, photographs and moving images. The Museum seeks to preserve a comprehensive view of computing history, one that includes the machines, software, business and competitive environments, personal recollections, and social implications of one of humankind's most important invention, the computer. [ ![Catalog Search][35] ][36] ### [Catalog Search][36] Catalog Search is a powerful resource for researchers, students and history enthusiasts. The museum's collection encompasses hardware, ephemera, photographs, moving images, software and documents of computer history. [ ![Oral Histories][37] ][38] ### [Oral Histories][38] This archive contains transcripts and videos of oral history interviews and panel discussions with key pioneers and contributors to the Information Age collected by the Computer History Museum. [ ![Donate Artifacts][39] ][18] ### [Donate Artifacts][18] We welcome the contribution of hardware, software, photographs, audio recordings, moving images and documents related to the history of computing. Thank you for considering a donation to the museum. [ ![Research Requests][40] ][17] ### [Research Requests][17] The Museum welcomes use of its collections. The document collections consist of manuals, books, marketing brochures, periodicals, technical reports and other types of documentation listed in more than 20,000 catalog entries. 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