Museums may be one of the worst place to donate equipment. This example from ham radio was posted to rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors back in 2000:
"Many of us in the Dallas area donated hundreds of highly collectable radios to the National Museum of Communications in Irving, Texas. These included many brands such as Collins, Hallicrafters(several SX-115's among others), National, hammarlund, etc. Two years ago, without our knowledge, they filled five large commercial dumsters with these radios, and hauled them to a dump". I assume computer museums are no better. don On Tue Jun 25 12:46:58 2024 cctalk@classiccmp.org (Christian Liendo via cctalk) wrote: > > https://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 the > late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen as a hands-on showcase for rare > computing technology and interactive displays, will not reopen, more > than four years after closing just ahead of the pandemic. > > Allenâs estate, which has been managing and winding down his vast > array of holdings since his death in 2018, confirmed to GeekWire that > the 12-year-old museum is closed for good. The estate also announced > Tuesday that some key pieces from Allenâs personal collection of > computer artifacts, displayed over the years at Living Computers, will > be auctioned by Christieâs as part of a broader sale of various Allen > items later this year. > > >
