The permanent collection
The Collection
Twelve machines, three wings, forty years of trying to make computers people could love. Every exhibit includes the specs, the story, and what the machine is actually like to live with.
The Compact Wing
All-in-one beige boxes with a nine-inch soul. From the 1984 original through the Color Classic, these are the machines that defined what a Macintosh was.
1984
Macintosh 128K
“The computer for the rest of us.”
1986
Macintosh Plus
“The Mac, but enough of it.”
1987
Macintosh SE
“The workhorse in the platinum suit.”
1989
Macintosh SE/30
“The greatest compact Mac ever made.”
1990
Macintosh Classic
“The first Macintosh under a thousand dollars.”
1993
Macintosh Color Classic
“The compact Mac's beautiful goodbye.”
The Portable Wing
Apple learns to travel — from a sixteen-pound "portable" with a lead-acid battery to the clamshell iBook you could carry like a handbag.
The Modern Era Wing
The comeback years. Translucent plastic, impossible shapes, and the machines that turned Apple from a cautionary tale back into a giant.
A wing for Peripherals & Accessories and a Software & OS Archive are under construction — the museum believes in depth before breadth.