Living Computers: Museum + Labs (LCM+L) was a computer and technology museum at 2245 1st Avenue South in the SoDo neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. Founded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, it opened to the public on October 25, 2012, and was permanently closed by the Paul Allen Estate in June 2024. The museum exhibited vintage computers spanning mainframes, minicomputers, and microcomputers, most configured for interactive use either through time-sharing operating systems or single-user interfaces. Remote users could Telnet into selected systems over the internet. A later expansion added hands-on displays covering self-driving cars, the Internet of things, big data, and robotics. LCM+L suspended operations in February 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and did not reopen. In June 2024 the estate announced permanent closure. A portion of the collection was auctioned by Christie’s in August–September 2024, raising $3,635,982; the remainder was distributed to the Interim Computer Museum in Tukwila, Washington and the Mimms Museum of Technology and Art in Roswell, Georgia.
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