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Computer Museum Here you'll find gifts for the tech-head, gifts for children, and gifts that may look as if they have nothing to do with computers but are in fact activated by microchips. COMPUTER MUSEUM Location: 300 Congress St., Boston. Phone: 617-426-2800. Hours: Tues-Sun, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Get directions High end: Technology and fine craftsmanship come together in Imagine, a $5,000 computer encased in maple, cherry, or mahogany, complete with wooden mouse. The mouse recalls the original one, also carved from wood, that was made for a computer in 1964. The shop doesn't stock Imagine, but you can see pictures of it, and they'll order it for you. Low end: A mouse holder that looks just like a mousetrap. $9.95. For the collector: Admire the Limoges porcelain miniature of a computer screen and keyboard, handmade with petite copper fittings. $120. Take it out for a spin: Try out what's for sale at the kids' software gallery. You can rhyme with Dr. Seuss's Preschool ($18.95). Or, for older kids just catching the Star Wars bug, try Star Wars DroidWorks ($37.95). The Learning Center also puts out a series called ClueFinders for pre-teens, in which three intrepid kids investigate mysteries and learn about science and math along the way ($29.95).

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