Videogame History Museum

Videogame History Museum
Location Frisco, Texas, USA
Type Computer museum
Founder
  • John Hardie
  • Sean Kelly
  • Joe Santulli
Website www.vghmuseum.org

The Videogame History Museum is a planned museum for Frisco, Texas that will be the first museum in the US dedicated to video games.[1]

The museum ultimately intends to hold a collection of tens of thousands of video games, consoles, artifacts and memorabilia on the video gaming industry.[2] It hasn't yet been decided what will be on display, but some tentative plans for display are music, artwork, a comprehensive data archive, and a 1980s style arcade.[2] Construction is planned to start in January 2015.[2]

History

Beginning in 1999, John Hardie, Sean Kelly and Joe Santulli hosted the first Classic Gaming Expo in Las Vegas to organize "the world's first event paying tribute to the people, systems and games of yesteryear".[2][3] The Video Game Museum was a traveling exhibition of classic games and systems that was shown at the Expo,[4] as well as displayed at such trade conventions as E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo)[5][6] and GDC (Game Developers Conference).[7]

In 2011, the founders started a Kickstarter campaign in an effort to mobilize their archive as a first step towards finding a permanent location.[3]

On September 18, 2014 the Frisco Community Development Corporation board voted unanimously to bring the Videogame History Museum to Frisco, Texas, although it wasn't their first choice.[2] The 10,400 square feet National Videogame Museum 1.0 is planned to opened by April 2015 inside the Frisco Discovery Center.[2][8] Museum founders have planned to kick off a capital campaign to raise funds for version 2.0, a much bigger facility in Frisco.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Wigglesworth, Valerie (September 17, 2014). "Frisco looks to invest $1 million to bring video game museum to town". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Wigglesworth, Valerie (September 18, 2014). "Board OKs agreement to bring Videogame History Museum to Frisco". http://friscoblog.dallasnews.com/''. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Cavalli, Earnst (July 11, 2011). "Videogame History Museum Seeks Kickstarter Funding". The Escapist. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  4. ↑ Chris Kohler (July 28, 2007). "CGE: Inside The Museum". Wired Magazine. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  5. ↑ Andrew Cunningham (June 16, 2013). "A trip through gaming history: the Videogame History Museum at E3". Ars Technica. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "The Videogame History Museum shows off vintage games and gear at E3 2014". CNET. June 12, 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  7. ↑ Melissa Aparicio (March 19, 2014). "Nintendo nostalgia takes a turn at Game Developers Conference". Tech Hive. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  8. ↑ "Home page". Frisco Discovery Center. Retrieved 13 October 2014.

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