The war that started with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24 is still going on. War in real life and in the cyber world harms not only people but also places that have an impact on cultural heritage such as museums. The Retro Computer and Game Museum in Ukraine was one of the places damaged by the Russian occupation. The museum in the city of Mariupol was destroyed by the bombs dropped by Russia. Let’s take a look at the details of the news together.
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There were many retro computers in the museum!
Dmitry Cherepanov, owner of the Retro Computer and Gaming Museum, was not harmed in this attack. But the bombed museum was completely destroyed. There were more than 500 historical computer parts in the museum. The news of the demolition was confirmed by the museum’s official Twitter account.
With the demolition of the museum, the owner’s house was also destroyed. The museum operator opened a PayPal account after the events and started helping people who were damaged in the war in Ukraine. After the destruction of his labor, Cherapanov shared the following statement on his Facebook account:
“That’s it, the Mariupol computer museum is no longer there. All that’s left of my collection that I’ve been collecting for 15 years is just pieces of memories.”
The Retro Computer and Gaming Museum in Ukraine was destroyed after Russia’s bombings. But Cherepanov was posting every item in the collection online on a website. You can click on https://it8bit.club/ to reach the site.
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