I'm curious what happens to items that were donated on the understanding that
the museum would be a safe long term place for them?Pretty sad they couldn't
make it work.BradSent from my Galaxy
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Museum logs off for good as Paul Allen estate will auction vintage items So
much for museums outliving the founders.-----Original Message----- From:
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Seattle’s Living Computers Museum logs off for good as Paul Allen estate will
auction vintage
itemshttps://www.geekwire.com/2024/seattles-living-computers-museum-logs-off-for-good-as-paul-allen-estate-will-auction-vintage-items/Living
Computers Museum + Labs, the Seattle institution created by thelate Microsoft
co-founder Paul Allen as a hands-on showcase for rarecomputing technology and
interactive displays, will not reopen, morethan four years after closing just
ahead of the pandemic.Allen’s estate, which has been managing and winding down
his vastarray of holdings since his death in 2018, confirmed to GeekWire
thatthe 12-year-old museum is closed for good. The estate also announcedTuesday
that some key pieces from Allen’s personal collection ofcomputer artifacts,
displayed over the years at Living Computers, willbe auctioned by Christie’s as
part of a broader sale of various Allenitems later this year. -- This email has
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