Community programme / field appearances

Computers leave
the building.

ICM appears at festivals, conventions and workshops with machines that are meant to be switched on, discussed and used—not simply observed behind glass.

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The entries below are a recent field log, not a promise of future attendance. New dates, cancellations and registration details belong to the museum's live calendar.

2026 / recent appearances

The travelling collection.

A record of where visitors recently encountered ICM hardware, replicas, games and restoration practice. All dates shown here have passed.

Joint exhibition / off-site

Southern-Fried Gaming Expo

ICM joined the Mimms Museum of Technology and Art for a shared exhibition in Atlanta.

Marriott Renaissance Waverly · Atlanta, Georgia
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Community festival / off-site

Pacific Commodore Expo Northwest

A two-day gathering built around Commodore and Amiga systems, demonstrations and community exhibits.

Intraspace, Old Rainier Brewery · Seattle, Washington
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Playable exhibition / off-site

Northwest Pinball & Arcade Show

The field exhibit combined Tennis for Two, an Altair, PDP-8 chess, an IBM PCjr and other playable systems.

Greater Tacoma Convention Center · Tacoma, Washington
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Computer festival / off-site

Vintage Computer Festival Pacific Northwest

The revived regional festival brought 27 exhibitors and four speakers to a hands-on computing-history gathering.

Tukwila Community Center · Tukwila, Washington
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Build workshop / at ICM

PiDP-11 Build Workshop

Eleven participants completed guided replica builds while learning soldering, assembly and troubleshooting practice.

Interim Computer Museum · Tukwila, Washington
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Convention exhibition / off-site

Norwescon 48

Science-fiction visitors encountered SHRDLU, PDP-8 chess, Altair BASIC and other systems with histories entwined with imagined futures.

DoubleTree by Hilton · SeaTac, Washington
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01

Use it

Demonstrations make operating conventions, sound and physical scale part of the historical record.

02

Meet people

Former users, restorers and first-time visitors exchange knowledge that cannot be recovered from hardware alone.

03

Carry it out

Travelling displays allow a regional collection to reach communities far beyond the museum building.