WARSAW — A
new museum opening in a former metalworking factory in Warsaw brings together
1,600 exhibits linked to
Apple — the result of years of painstaking efforts by
a determined Polish collector.
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“It is the biggest
and most complete Apple collection in the world,” boasted Jacek Lupina, a
56-year-old architect, who amassed the collection spanning the entire history
of the
US tech giant.
The museum is
housed in Fabryka Norblina, a red-brick factory from the early 19th century in
central Warsaw which has been turned into a retail and entertainment space.
At the entrance is
a replica of the Apple 1, released in 1976, was the first personal computer
sold by the founders of the company, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.
Two hundred models
of the Apple 1 were produced and sold at the time for $666.66 each.
“My aim is for
visitors to be able to see what the beginning was like — how primitive and very
simple it was. The case for the Apple 1 was made of wood! Nothing like what we
have today,” Lupina said.
The collector used
components from the time to assemble the model and the motherboard was signed
by Wozniak himself during a visit to Poland in 2018.
“He scrutinized
all the soldering, the components and really appreciated the work. He also
showed me the parts that he and Steve Jobs had wanted to change but never got
round to,” Lupina said.
‘Sold the furniture’
The museum includes dozens of computers such as the Apple II, Lisa, iMac,
Power Mac, Macbook, Mac Pro, as well as iPhones, iPods, iPads, instruction
booklets, software and other objects from the Apple universe.
The walls are
decorated with original advertising posters, including those from the famous
“Think Different” campaign from 1997 featuring images of Bob Dylan,
Pablo Picasso, and Albert Einstein.
Lupina said he
started collecting “just for the pleasure of seeing them” and because the
products would previously have been “too expensive for a resident of
post-Communist Europe”.
After some time,
the collection began taking over his house on the outskirts of — starting with his office and then the living
room.
“I sold the
furniture in the living room, the table, the chairs, and I just left some
armchairs,” he said.
In 2017, he turned
his house into a museum. When he ran out of space, he found fresh premises and
the new museum opened last weekend.
Lupina spent all
his free time on the collection, sometimes passing entire nights following
online auctions happening in different parts of the world.
It is a costly hobby, he
said, adding: “I don’t have any savings or a pension, just my collection.”
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