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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 computers 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 computers 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 [[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'. | + | 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== | ||
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*** [https://www.computerhistory.org/brochures/supercomputers/ Supercomputers] | *** [https://www.computerhistory.org/brochures/supercomputers/ Supercomputers] | ||
*** [https://www.computerhistory.org/brochures/personal-computers/ Personal computers] | *** [https://www.computerhistory.org/brochures/personal-computers/ Personal computers] | ||
| + | * [https://tcm.computerhistory.org/ The Computer Museum] - archived Web-site of the Computer Museum | ||
| + | ** [https://tcm.computerhistory.org/reports.html Museum Reports] - publications of the Computer Museum (Annual Reports, Computer Museum Reports, Computer Museum News) | ||
* [http://www.softwarepreservation.net/ Software Preservation Group] - a project of the CHM | * [http://www.softwarepreservation.net/ Software Preservation Group] - a project of the CHM | ||
| − | * [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://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://tcm.computerhistory.org/outoftheclosetV2.3.pdf --> |
* [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 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 | + | ** [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; along with a long series of memos documenting the collection of artifacts, and the setting up of the Museum |
[[Category: History]] | [[Category: History]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:28, 8 July 2025
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 computers 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
- The Computer Museum - archived Web-site of the Computer Museum
- Museum Reports - publications of the Computer Museum (Annual Reports, Computer Museum Reports, Computer Museum News)
- Software Preservation Group - a project of the CHM
- 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; along with a long series of memos documenting the collection of artifacts, and the setting up of the Museum
