BoingBoing reader Brian says,
Xeni's mention of brick cell phones reminded me of this interesting museum in Paderborn Germany, called the Heinz Nixdorf Museum. The museum is based on the history of computing; and contains all sorts of wonderful classic machines, crank/gear operated calculation engines, typewriters and early keyboards, data processing "stations", minicomputers, mobile phones, personal computers (incl an Apple LISA, remember that!?), etc etc! It's a fascinating visit in person, and the museum website has some glimpses of the exhibits as well as some interesting text on the history of technology and computing.
