Computer History Museum - Mountain View, California
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N 37° 24.877 W 122° 04.653
10S E 581629 N 4141268
The Computer History Museum is world's largest collection of computing artifacts. It has everything from personal computers through minicomputers, mainframes and supercomputers.
Waymark Code: WMNHZA
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 03/20/2015
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The Computer History Museum has existed in various locations since 1976. It first opened at this location in 2003. The centerpiece theme of exhibits is, "Revolution: The First 2000 Years of Computing".
The museum is laid out in theme areas covering:
| 1. Calculators | 11. Minicomputers |
| 2. Punched Cards | 12. Digital Logic |
| 3. Analog Computers | 13. Artificial Intelligence & Robotics |
| 4. Birth of the Computer | 14. Computer Graphics & Art |
| 5. Early Computer Companies | 15. Input & Output |
| 6. Real-Time Computeing | 16. Computer Games |
| 7. Mainframes | 17. Personal Computers |
| 8. Memory & Storage | 18. Mobile Computing |
| 9. Software Theater | 19. Networking & the Web |
| 10. Supercomputers | 20. What's Next |
The museum generally waits a decade before it deems a computer worthy of inclusion.
Facilities include an Orientation Theater, Museum Store and Cloud Cafe.
Babbage Differential Engine |
German ENIGMA Cypher Machine |
IBM System 370 Model 30 |
IBM Disk and Tape Drives |
Cray-1 SuperComputer |
IBM Stretch |
General Admission is $15.