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The '''Computer History Museum''' is an institution in Mountain View, California (in the heart of the famed 'Silicon Valley') which is dedicated to preserving the past of computers (through its collection of historic artifacts, including many computers, as well as archives and oral histories), and educating people in general about computer and their history. | The '''Computer History Museum''' is an institution in Mountain View, California (in the heart of the famed 'Silicon Valley') which is dedicated to preserving the past of computers (through its collection of historic artifacts, including many computers, as well as archives and oral histories), and educating people in general about computer and their history. | ||
| − | It was originally founded in 1975 as The Digital Computer Museum, which was initially at [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]], where Ken Olsen and Gordon Bell, the founders of the Museum (along with the latter's wife Gwen Bell), worked. In 1984 it moved to Boston, near DEC, and was re-named 'The Computer Museum'. In 1996, un-displayed items were moved to Moffett Field in Mountain View; the Computer Museum History Center. In 1999, The Computer Museum closed; some of its artifacts went to Boston’s Museum of Science, and the rest of its collection went to The Computer Museum History Center. In 2000, with The Computer Museum closed, The Computer Museum History Center was re-named to 'Computer History Museum'. | + | It was originally founded in 1975 as The Digital Computer Museum, which was initially at [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]], where Ken Olsen and [[C. Gordon Bell]], the founders of the Museum (along with the latter's wife Gwen Bell), worked. In 1984 it moved to Boston, near DEC, and was re-named 'The Computer Museum'. In 1996, un-displayed items were moved to Moffett Field in Mountain View; the Computer Museum History Center. In 1999, The Computer Museum closed; some of its artifacts went to Boston’s Museum of Science, and the rest of its collection went to The Computer Museum History Center. In 2000, with The Computer Museum closed, The Computer Museum History Center was re-named to 'Computer History Museum'. |
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Bitsavers]] | * [[Bitsavers]] | ||
| + | * [[Centre for Computing History]] | ||
| + | * [[Charles Babbage Institute]] | ||
| + | * [[Living Computer Museum]] | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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* [https://computerhistory.org/this-is-chm/ Computer History Museum] | * [https://computerhistory.org/this-is-chm/ Computer History Museum] | ||
** [https://www.computerhistory.org/chmhistory/ Museum History] | ** [https://www.computerhistory.org/chmhistory/ Museum History] | ||
| − | * [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Bell_Origin_of_the_Computer_History_Museum_v2.pdf Out of a Closet: The Early Years of | + | ** [https://computerhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/nethistory-resources.pdf Networking History Resources (2018 edition)] |
| − | The Computer | + | ** [https://computerhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/nethistory-resources.pdf Networking History Resources (2019 edition)] |
| + | ** [https://www.computerhistory.org/brochures/ Selling the Computer Revolution] - remarkable collection of marketing brochures | ||
| + | *** [https://www.computerhistory.org/brochures/analog-computers/ Analog Computers] | ||
| + | *** [https://www.computerhistory.org/brochures/input-output/ Input/Output] | ||
| + | *** [https://www.computerhistory.org/brochures/memory/ Memory] | ||
| + | *** [https://www.computerhistory.org/brochures/mainframes/ Mainframes] | ||
| + | *** [https://www.computerhistory.org/brochures/minicomputers/ Minicomputers] | ||
| + | *** [https://www.computerhistory.org/brochures/supercomputers/ Supercomputers] | ||
| + | *** [https://www.computerhistory.org/brochures/personal-computers/ Personal computers] | ||
| + | * [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Bell_Origin_of_the_Computer_History_Museum_v2.pdf Out of a Closet: The Early Years of The Computer {x} Muse um] - detailed history by the founder, Gordon Bell | ||
| + | * [https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2018/08/102740424-05-01-acc.pdf Memo collection] | ||
| + | ** [https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2018/08/102740424-05-01-acc.pdf#page=18 DEC Museum] - wonderful long memo from Gordon Bell explaining what the Digital Computer Museum should have, and why | ||
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[[Category: History]] | [[Category: History]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:37, 23 February 2024
The Computer History Museum is an institution in Mountain View, California (in the heart of the famed 'Silicon Valley') which is dedicated to preserving the past of computers (through its collection of historic artifacts, including many computers, as well as archives and oral histories), and educating people in general about computer and their history.
It was originally founded in 1975 as The Digital Computer Museum, which was initially at DEC, where Ken Olsen and C. Gordon Bell, the founders of the Museum (along with the latter's wife Gwen Bell), worked. In 1984 it moved to Boston, near DEC, and was re-named 'The Computer Museum'. In 1996, un-displayed items were moved to Moffett Field in Mountain View; the Computer Museum History Center. In 1999, The Computer Museum closed; some of its artifacts went to Boston’s Museum of Science, and the rest of its collection went to The Computer Museum History Center. In 2000, with The Computer Museum closed, The Computer Museum History Center was re-named to 'Computer History Museum'.
See also
External links
- Computer History Museum
- Museum History
- Networking History Resources (2018 edition)
- Networking History Resources (2019 edition)
- Selling the Computer Revolution - remarkable collection of marketing brochures
- Out of a Closet: The Early Years of The Computer {x} Muse um - detailed history by the founder, Gordon Bell
- Memo collection
- DEC Museum - wonderful long memo from Gordon Bell explaining what the Digital Computer Museum should have, and why
