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{{Short description|Computer museum in Mariupol, Ukraine}}
{{Expand Ukrainian|topic=struct|Музей ретрокомп'ютерів (Маріуполь)|date=May 2024}}
'''IT 8-bit''' was a [[computer museum]] in [[Mariupol]], [[Ukraine]]. It was founded by Dmitry Cherepanov.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Kennedy |first1=Merrit |last2=III |first2=Fernando Alfonso |date=2022-03-29 |title=A retro computer museum in Mariupol beloved by children was attacked by Russia |language=en |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/03/29/1088680989/a-retro-computer-museum-in-mariupol-beloved-by-children-was-attacked-by-russia |access-date=2022-03-29}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |author1=Dave James |date=2022-03-25 |title=Retro computing museum in Ukraine destroyed by Russian bomb |language=en |work=PC Gamer |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/retro-computing-museum-in-ukraine-destroyed-by-russian-bomb/ |access-date=2022-03-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ukraine Retro Game Museum Destroyed By Russian Bombing |url=https://kotaku.com/ukraine-russia-war-bomb-retro-pc-gaming-museum-history-1848708389 |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=Kotaku |date=26 March 2022 |language=en-us}}</ref> Before its destruction it used to be one of the largest privately owned computer museums in Ukraine.<ref name=":1" /> It was opened in August 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cherepanov |first=Dmitry |date=March 29, 2022 |title=?? The history of the museum is the history of my life! |url=https://it8bit.club/blog/istoriya-muzeya-aeto-istoriya-moeyi-zhizni |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109131555/https://it8bit.club/blog/istoriya-muzeya-aeto-istoriya-moeyi-zhizni |archive-date=November 9, 2022 |access-date=November 9, 2022 |website=IT 8-bit club}}</ref> 

The museum contained many [[List of Soviet computer systems|computers from the Soviet Union]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Peek Into the Soviet Computer Revolution |url=https://gizmodo.com/a-peek-into-the-soviet-computer-revolution-1838216365 |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=Gizmodo |date=18 September 2019 |language=en-us}}</ref>

The building housing the museum, which contained more than 500 exhibits,<ref name=":0" /> was destroyed during the [[Siege of Mariupol]] in the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Russia's invasion of Ukraine has destroyed a historic computer museum |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/club-8-bit-ukraine-destruction-154109115.html |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=finance.yahoo.com |date=27 March 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://it8bit.club/ Official website]

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[[Category:Technology museums in Ukraine]]
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