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==Surviving examples==
===Permanent exhibits===
* The very first CM-1 is on permanent display in the [[Computer History Museum]], Mountain View, California, which also has two other CM-1s and CM-5.<ref>{{cite web |title=Computer History Museum, Catalog Search Connection Machine supercomputer|url=https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/search/?s=connection+machine+supercomputer|access-date=2019-08-16}}</ref>
* There is a decommissioned CM-1 or CM-2 on display in the main building of the [[Karlsruhe Institute of Technology]] computer science department. Students have converted it into a [[Bluetooth]]-controlled LED matrix display which can be used to play games or display art.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Connection Machine LED matrix - Technology for Pervasive Computing|url=https://teco.kit.edu/cm/dev/|access-date=2025-02-15}}</ref>
* A CM-2 with flashing red LED arrays and its accompanying [[DataVault]] storage unit are on permanent display at the [[Mimms Museum of Technology and Art]] in Roswell, Georgia.<ref>{{cite web |title=Computer Museum of America|url=https://computermuseumofamerica.org/|access-date=2019-08-16}}</ref>
* There is a CM-200 on permanent display at [[École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne]] in Switzerland, part of the exhibition space of [[Musée Bolo]].<ref>{{cite web|title=File:Thinking Machines CM200-IMG 7294 (bright).jpg|quote=Thinking Machines Connection Machine CM-200 supercomputer. On display at the Musée Bolo, EPFL, Lausanne.|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thinking_Machines_CM200-IMG_7294_(bright).jpg}}</ref>

===Past exhibits, Museum collections===
* The [[Museum of Modern Art]] in New York City displayed a CM-2 in 2018. They continue to house the machine in their collection.<ref>{{cite web |title=Museum of Modern Art, CM-2 Supercomputer|url=https://www.moma.org/collection/works/200389|access-date=2024-10-25}}</ref>
* A CM-2 is in the collection of the [[Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology]] (Tekniska Museet) in Stockholm, Sweden.<ref name="SNMST"/>
* Several parts of a CM-1 are in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution [[National Museum of American History]], though it may not be a complete example.<ref>{{cite web| title=National Museum of American History - CM-1 Rack|url=https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/nmah_334672|access-date=2024-10-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=National Museum of American History - Search Collections|url=https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search?edan_q=1995.0064|access-date=2024-10-25}}</ref>
* The [[Living Computers: Museum + Labs]] in Seattle displayed a CM-2 with flashing LEDs prior to its closing in 2020.<ref>{{cite web| title=Tamiko Thiel: The Connection Machine CM-1/CM-2, Artificial intelligence parallel supercomputer design|url=http://www.tamikothiel.com/cm/|access-date=2024-10-25}}</ref>{{Better source|date=October 2024}} It is possible this machine is now in private hands, though it is not listed among the objects auctioned by Christie's.<ref>{{cite web| title=Pushing Boundaries: Ingenuity from the Paul G. Allen Collection|url=https://www.christies.com/en/auction/pushing-boundaries-ingenuity-from-the-paul-g-allen-collection-30730/browse-lots|access-date=2024-10-25}}</ref>

===Private collections===
* As of 2007,<!-- website is still online as of 2024, but not updated since 2007 --> a preserved CM-2a was owned by the Corestore, a type of online-only museum.<ref>{{cite web|title=Corestore collection: Connection Machine CM-2a|url=https://www.corestore.org/cm2a.htm|access-date=2024-10-25}}</ref>