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MO5 association · since 2003

Preserving video games, sharing their history

Collections, exhibitions and events: MO5 keeps digital heritage alive with the public, institutions and enthusiasts.

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Our role

An institution serving collective memory

  • Preserve

    Safeguard the consoles, software and documents that tell the history of video games.

  • Explore

    Study the machines, uses and stories that make up the history of video games.

  • Play again

    Keep this heritage alive with every generation through exhibitions and events.

Discover

The Video Game Museum

A vibrant place dedicated to video-game creation, objects and memories. Extend your visit with exhibitions, collections and cultural programming at the Video Game Museum.

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A collective adventure

More than twenty years bringing video games into history

  1. 1996

    MO5.COM’s first pixels

    The website devoted to computers and digital culture becomes a gathering place for an enthusiast community.

  2. 2003

    The association takes shape

    MO5.COM is founded to preserve and share digital and video game heritage.

  3. 2010

    MuséoGames at the Musée des Arts et Métiers

    MO5 lends objects and playable machines for MuséoGames, its first major exhibition at a national museum.

  4. 2011

    Game Story at the Grand Palais

    Created with RMN–Grand Palais and the Guimet Museum, the exhibition invites the public to explore video game history.

  5. 2013

    Game Story travels to Québec

    The exhibition is adapted by the Musée de la civilisation as A History of Video Games.

  6. 2021

    The campaign to save the Micral N

    481 contributors raise €21,676 to acquire, study and restore a Micral N, a pioneering microcomputer.

  7. 2025

    The demoscene recognised as heritage

    The initiative involving MO5 leads to the French demoscene being listed in the National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage.

  8. 2025

    The Video Game Museum opens

    On 13 December, MO5 opens a museum in Arcueil dedicated to computer and video game history, with a collection of more than 70,000 items.

  9. Today

    Preserve, play again, explore

    MO5 continues its exhibitions, research and sharing of collections with every generation.

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Support MO5’s work

A donation, equipment or volunteer time helps preserve and keep this heritage alive.

Donation, equipment or volunteering

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