The estate of Paul Allen has decided to close the Living Computer Museum and Labs mid 2024. All the equipment was sold off at during several high profile Christies auctions.

It’s a terrible loss to computing history in my opinion.

Update: check out the links below if you want to look at some of the amazing items that were sold.

Links:

• https://www.geekwire.com/2024/fans-upset-by-closure-of-living-computers-question-why-seattle-museum-couldnt-be-saved/
• https://www.christies.com/en/stories/paul-allen-computer-collection-d946162ef5744d7bb43c4459733bf9cf
• https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/firsts-history-computing-paul-g-allen-collection/lots/3726
• Auction sale summary ($10.25 million): https://www.christies.com/en/auction/pushing-boundaries-ingenuity-from-the-paul-g-allen-collection-30730?CID=sh_hub