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{{Short description|Museum in Mountain View, California}}
{{For|the similar British museum|The National Museum of Computing}}
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| name            = Computer History Museum
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| alt             = The Computer History Museum's front entrance.
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| former_names    = The Computer Museum
| established     = {{Start date and age|1996}}
| location        = [[Mountain View, California]], [[United States|US]]
| type            = History and Technology Museum
| collections     = 
| collection_size = Over 1 million objects
| director        = 
| ceo             = Marc Etkind
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| website         = {{URL|https://computerhistory.org/}}
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The '''Computer History Museum''' ('''CHM''') is a [[computer museum]] in [[Mountain View, California]]. The museum presents stories and artifacts of [[Silicon Valley]] and the [[Information Age]], and explores the [[Digital Revolution|computing revolution]] and its impact on society.

==History==
The museum's origins date to 1968 when [[Gordon Bell]] began a quest for a historical collection and, at that same time, others were looking to preserve the [[Whirlwind (computer)|Whirlwind]] computer. The resulting ''Museum Project'' had its first exhibit in 1975, located in a converted coat closet in a [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] lobby. In 1978, the museum, now ''The Digital Computer Museum'' (TDCM), moved to a larger DEC lobby in [[Marlborough, Massachusetts]] and opened to the public in September 1979.<ref name=TCM:HIST /> [[Maurice Wilkes]] presented the first lecture at TDCM in 1979 – the presentation of such lectures has continued to the present time.

TDCM incorporated as ''[[The Computer Museum, Boston|The Computer Museum]]'' (TCM) in 1982. In 1984, TCM moved to [[Boston]], locating on [[Museum Wharf]].

In 1996/1997, the TCM History Center (TCMHC) was established; a site at [[Moffett Federal Airfield|Moffett Field]] was provided by [[NASA]] (an old building that was previously the Naval Base furniture store) and a large number of artifacts were shipped there from TCM.

In 1999, TCMHC incorporated and TCM ceased operation, shipping its remaining artifacts to TCMHC in 2000. The name TCM had been retained by the [[Boston Museum of Science]], so the name TCMHC was changed to ''Computer History Museum'' (CHM) in 2000.

In 2002, CHM opened its new building, previously occupied by [[Silicon Graphics]], at 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd in Mountain View, California, to the public.<ref name="TCM:HIST">[http://www.computerhistory.org/about/press_relations/background/ Backgrounder] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050301050449/http://www.computerhistory.org/about/press_relations/background/ |date=March 1, 2005 }} Press release on the Computer History Museum</ref> 

In 2009, CHM hosted the [[National Inventors Hall of Fame]]'s annual induction ceremony, the venue significant as that year's fifteen inductees were all contributors to semiconductor technology and 2009 marked the golden jubilee of the [[Integrated Circuit#History|integrated circuit]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Allen |first1=Frederick E. |title=Honoring The Creators Of The Computerized World |url=https://www.forbes.com/2009/05/04/computer-inventors-induction-leadership-citizenship-halloffame.html |website=www.forbes.com |publisher=Forbes |access-date=6 May 2025 |date=May 4, 2009}}</ref>

The facility was later heavily renovated and underwent a two-year $19 million makeover before reopening in January 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=Computer History Museum's Major New Exhibition Opens |url=http://www.computerhistory.org/press/revolution-opening.html |publisher=Computer History Museum |access-date=March 5, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103114627/http://www.computerhistory.org/press/revolution-opening.html |archive-date=January 3, 2017 }}</ref>

John Hollar, a former media executive, was appointed CEO in July 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://computerhistory.org/profile/john-c-hollar/ |title=John Hollar |publisher=Computer History Museum }}</ref> Dan'l Lewin, a former technology executive, replaced Hollar as CEO in March 2018.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://computerhistory.org/press-releases/new-ceo-danl-lewin/?pressalias=new-ceo-danl-lewin |date=February 27, 2018 |title=Dan'l Lewin Appointed CEO |publisher=Computer History Museum }}</ref> CHM appointed former [[NASA]] Communications Leader Marc Etkind as its next President and Chief Executive Officer on February 19th, 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Computer History Museum Appoints Marc Etkind as New President and Chief Executive Officer |url=https://computerhistory.org/press-releases/computer-history-museum-appoints-marc-etkind-as-new-president-and-chief-executive-officer/ |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=CHM |language=en}}</ref>

==Public programs==
The Computer History Museum hosts regular public programs (currently under the "CHM Live" banner) with notable leaders (past and present) from Silicon Valley and the global tech sector, including past speakers such as Mark Zuckerberg, Reid Hoffman, Elon Musk, and Eric Schmidt, as well as academics, historians, and others on the impact of technology. The Museum also produces special events marking key anniversaries, such as the 40th Anniversary of the Apple Macintosh and the 50th Anniversary of Ethernet, featuring panels reflecting on the history and impact of key computing technologies.

Recordings of the Museum's past events are viewable on its YouTube channel.

The Museum also hosts TechFest events for families.

==Collections and exhibition space==
The Computer History Museum claims to house the largest and most significant collection of computing artifacts in the world.{{efn|the ''[[Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum|Heinz Nixdorf Museum]]'', [[Paderborn]], Germany, has more items on display but a far smaller total collection<!-- ref is inside the parens as it pertains to parenthetical text only--><ref>[http://www.hnf.de/ Heinz Nixdorf Museum] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709060140/http://www.hnf.de/ |date=July 9, 2011 }}</ref>}} This includes many rare or one-of-a-kind objects such as a [[Cray-1|Cray-1 supercomputer]] as well as a [[Cray-2]], [[Cray-3]], the [[Utah teapot]], the 1969 [[Neiman Marcus]] [[Kitchen Computer]], an [[Apple I]], and an example of the first generation of [[Google]]'s racks of custom-designed [[web server]]s.<ref>[http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Infrastructure/How-Google-Works-1/2/ How Google Works] David F. Carr, Baseline.com, July 6, 2006</ref> The collection comprises nearly 90,000 objects, photographs and films, as well as {{cvt|4000|ft}} of cataloged documentation and several hundred [[gigabyte]]s of software.

The CHM oral history program conducts video interviews around the history of computing, this includes computer systems, [[Networking hardware|networking]], [[Data processing|data-processing]], [[Computer memory|memory]], and [[Data storage|data-storage]]. There are over 1,000 interviews recorded as of 2021, including panel discussions on the origins of the [[IBM PC]] and the [[hard disk drive]], and individual interviews with [[Joanna Hoffman]], [[Steve Chen]], [[Dame Stephanie Shirley]], and [[Donald Knuth]].<ref>[https://computerhistory.org/oral-histories/ Computer History Museum: Oral History Collection]</ref>

The museum's {{cvt|25000|sqft|adj=on}} exhibit "Revolution: The First 2000 Years of Computing", opened to the public on January 13, 2011. It covers the history of computing in 20 galleries, from the [[abacus]] to the [[Internet]]. The entire exhibition is also available online.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/14/us/14museum.html?_r=1 |work=The New York Times |first=Malia |last=Wollan |title=Computer History Museum Unveils Its Makeover |date=January 13, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204085943/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/14/us/14museum.html?_r=1 |archive-date=December 4, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Bilton |first=Nick |url=http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/13/bits-pics-the-computer-history-museum/?ref=technology |title=Bits Pics: The Computer History Museum |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 14, 2010 |access-date=January 15, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110119095453/http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/13/bits-pics-the-computer-history-museum/?ref=technology |archive-date=January 19, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.computerhistory.org/press/revolution-opening.html |title=Computer History Museums Major New Exhibition Opens January 12th 2011 |publisher=Computer History Museum |access-date=January 15, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110117083816/http://www.computerhistory.org/press/revolution-opening.html |archive-date=January 17, 2011 }}</ref>[[File:Steve Russell-PDP-1-20070512.jpg|thumb|[[Steve Russell (computer scientist)|Steve Russell]], creator of ''[[Spacewar!]]'', operating the PDP-1 at the Computer History Museum]]On January 28, 2017, the Museum launched a {{Convert|6000|sqft|abbr=on}} exhibit "Make Software: Change the World!" The exhibit covers how people's lives are transformed by software. Designed for middle schoolers and up, it features multimedia and touchscreen interactives, including a software lab where visitors can explore coding hands-on.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Computer History Museum Opens New Exhibition "Make Software: Change the World!" |url=https://computerhistory.org/press-releases/make-software-exhibition/ |access-date=2023-10-15 |website=CHM |language=en}}</ref>

Other exhibits include a restoration of an historic [[PDP-1]] [[minicomputer]], two restored [[IBM 1401]] computers, and a restored IBM Ramac 350 disk drive.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/memory-storage/8/233|title=The First Disk Drive: RAMAC 350|website=Computer History Museum}}</ref>

An operating [[difference engine]] designed by [[Charles Babbage]] in the 1840s and constructed by the [[Science Museum (London)|Science Museum of London]] was on display until January 31, 2016. It had been on loan since 2008 from its owner, [[Nathan Myhrvold]], a former Microsoft executive.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mv-voice.com/news/2016/01/29/computer-museum-bids-farewell-to-babbage-engine |title=Difference Engine Leaves Computer History Museum |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302164247/http://www.mv-voice.com/news/2016/01/29/computer-museum-bids-farewell-to-babbage-engine |archive-date=March 2, 2016 |first=Mark |last=Moack |newspaper=Mountain View Voice |date=January 28, 2016 }}</ref>

===Software ===
The CHM is also home to an extensive collection of software, curated by Al Kossow, a former employee of [[Apple Inc.|Apple Computer]] whom the museum hired in 2006. Kossow is responsible for preservation and accession of software in the museum, as well as for developing CHM's software-themed exhibitions. Kossow was a contributor to the museum long before being hired full-time and is the proprietor of Bitsavers, a large online [[Repository (version control)|repository]] of historical computer manuals and archived software and [[firmware]] acquired from his own collection and through donations from his peers.<ref name="svbj-chm">{{cite web |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2006/07/10/daily46.html |title=Computer History Museum Names Software Curator |date=July 12, 2006 |work=Silicon Valley Business Journal |publisher=American City Business Journals |access-date=October 18, 2021 }}</ref><ref name="yahoo-chm">{{cite web |date=March 1, 2017|url=https://news.yahoo.com/news/computer-history-museum-leads-software-110000924.html|title=Computer History Museum Leads Software Research and Preservation with New Center Launch |website=Yahoo News |access-date=October 18, 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018080438/https://news.yahoo.com/news/computer-history-museum-leads-software-110000924.html|archivedate=October 18, 2021}}</ref><ref name="ascii-chm">{{cite web |last=Scott |first=Jason |author-link=Jason Scott |url=http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/3881 |title=That Time I Put Bitsavers into Archive.org |work=ASCII |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130111032433/http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/3881 |archivedate=January 11, 2013 }}</ref>

In 2010 the museum began with the collection of [[source code]] of important software, beginning with Apple's [[MacPaint]] 1.3, written in a combination of [[assembly language]] and [[Pascal (programming language)|Pascal]] and available as download for the public.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.computerhistory.org/highlights/macpaint/ |title=MacPaint and QuickDraw Source Code |work=Computer History Museum |date=July 20, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822153909/http://www.computerhistory.org/highlights/macpaint/ |archive-date=August 22, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2010/07/apple_donates_macpaint_source_code_to_computer_history_museum.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209010310/http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2010/07/apple_donates_macpaint_source_code_to_computer_history_museum.html |archive-date=February 9, 2012 |website=Businessweek.com |date=July 20, 2010 |title=Apple Donates MacPaint Source Code To Computer History Museum |first=Erik |last=Hesseldahl}}</ref>

Many other accessions have followed over the years. [[APL (programming language)|APL programming language]] was received in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |last=Shustek |first=Len |date=October 10, 2012 |url=http://www.computerhistory.org/atchm/the-apl-programming-language-source-code/ |title=The APL Programming Language Source Code |publisher=Computer History Museum |access-date=October 15, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007135406/http://www.computerhistory.org/atchm/the-apl-programming-language-source-code/ |archive-date=October 7, 2013 }}</ref> [[Adobe Systems, Inc.|Adobe]] donated the [[Photoshop]] 1.0.1 source code in 2013,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2013/2/14/3990378/original-adobe-photoshop-source-code-now-available-for-free |title=Adobe releases original Photoshop source code for nostalgic developers |first=Bryan |last=Bishop |date=February 14, 2013 |access-date=October 15, 2013 |website=TheVerge.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140117094242/http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/14/3990378/original-adobe-photoshop-source-code-now-available-for-free |archive-date=January 17, 2014 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.computerhistory.org/atchm/adobe-photoshop-source-code/ Adobe Photoshop Source Code] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140507131754/http://www.computerhistory.org/atchm/adobe-photoshop-source-code/ |date=May 7, 2014 }}</ref> and Postscript in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-01 |title=PostScript: A Digital Printing Press |url=https://computerhistory.org/blog/postscript-a-digital-printing-press/ |access-date=2023-10-15 |website=CHM |language=en}}</ref> [[Microsoft]] followed with the source code donation of [[SCP MS-DOS 1.25]] and a mixture of [[Altos MS-DOS 2.11]] and [[TeleVideo PC DOS 2.11]] as well as [[Microsoft Word|Word for Windows]] 1.1a under their own license.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.computerhistory.org/_static/atchm/microsoft-word-for-windows-1-1a-source-code/ |title=Microsoft Word for Windows Version 1.1a Source Code |first=Len |last=Shustek |date=March 24, 2014 |access-date=March 29, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328142332/http://www.computerhistory.org/_static/atchm/microsoft-word-for-windows-1-1a-source-code/ |archive-date=March 28, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2014/03/25/microsoft-makes-source-code-for-ms-dos-and-word-for-windows-available-to-public.aspx |title=Microsoft makes source code for MS-DOS and Word for Windows available to public |date=March 25, 2014 |first=Roy |last=Levin |work=Official Microsoft Blog |access-date=March 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328094124/http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2014/03/25/microsoft-makes-source-code-for-ms-dos-and-word-for-windows-available-to-public.aspx |archive-date=March 28, 2014 }} (NB. While the author and publishers claim the package would include MS-DOS 1.1 and 2.0, it actually contains [[SCP MS-DOS 1.25]] and a mixture of files from [[Altos MS-DOS 2.11]] and [[TeleVideo PC DOS 2.11]].)</ref> On October 21, 2014, [[Xerox Alto]]'s source code was released.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.computerhistory.org/atchm/xerox-alto-source-code/ |quote=With the permission of the Palo Alto Research Center, the Computer History Museum is pleased to make available, for non-commercial use only, snapshots of Alto source code, executables, documentation, font files, and other files from 1975 to 1987. |title=Xerox Alto Source Code - The Roots of the Modern Personal Computer |publisher=Computer History Museum |first=Paul |last=McJones |work=Software Gems: The Computer History Museum Historical Source Code Series |date=October 21, 2014 |access-date=January 8, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102201034/http://www.computerhistory.org/atchm/xerox-alto-source-code/ |archive-date=January 2, 2015 }}</ref> On January 19, 2023, the [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] Lisa source code was released to the public.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-19 |title=The Lisa: Apple's Most Influential Failure |url=https://computerhistory.org/blog/the-lisa-apples-most-influential-failure/ |access-date=2023-10-15 |website=CHM |language=en}}</ref>

===Past exhibits===
[[File:Difference Engine No. 2 (2586076518).jpg|thumb|A modern recreation of [[Charles Babbage]]'s [[difference engine]] on display at the Computer History Museum]]
On June 23, 1990, the Walk-Through Computer exhibit opened to help visitors learn how computers work.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/computermuseusep1989comp/mode/2up |title=Walk Through Computer}}</ref> The interactive exhibit included a [[desktop computer]], a giant [[Computer monitor|monitor]], a {{Convert|25|ft|adj=on}} [[Keyboard computer|keyboard]], and a {{Convert|40|in|4=0|adj=on}} diameter [[trackball]] (initially planned to be a "bumper-car sized mouse") used by visitors to control the World Traveler program. In the Software Theater, animation and hardware video is used alongside a video feed of the World Traveler Program to show how computer programs work.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/computermuseumne1990comp/page/n3/mode/2up |title=The Software Theater }}</ref> This exhibit was closed on August 5, 1995, and re-opened as the Walk-Through Computer 2000 on October 21, 1995, to include an updated monitor, [[3D computer graphics|3D graphics]], and more interactive features. One of these features allowed visitors to change the pits imprinted on a giant [[CD-ROM]], and the changes are seen on a monitor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tcm.computerhistory.org/exhibits/WalkThruV2AnnualReport1996.pdf |title=The Walk Through Computer 2000 }}</ref>

In 2016, the museum had a [[Liquid Galaxy]] in the "Going Places: A History of Silicon Valley" exhibit. The exhibit had 20 preselected locations that visitors can fly to on the Liquid Galaxy.<ref>{{cite web |title=David Laws' App Shines in New Exhibit at Computer History Museum |url=http://batw.org/david-laws_january-2013/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106103723/http://batw.org/david-laws_january-2013/ |archive-date=January 6, 2017 |access-date=January 6, 2017 |website=BATW}}</ref> An exhibit on the history of [[Vehicular automation|autonomous vehicles]], from [[torpedo]]es to [[self-driving car]]s was also on display.

==Fellows==
The CHM Fellow Awards Program honors distinguished technology pioneers for their outstanding merits and significant contributions to the advancement of computing and the evolution of the digital age. The CHM Fellows are men and women 'whose ideas have changed the world [and] affected nearly every human alive today'. The first fellow was Rear Admiral [[Grace Hopper]] in 1987. The fellows program has grown to 100 members as of 2024.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hall of Fellows |url=https://computerhistory.org/hall-of-fellows/ |access-date=2024-05-31 |publisher=Computer History Museum}}</ref> Fellow nominations are open to the public and are accepted year round.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fellow Awards |url=https://computerhistory.org/fellow-awards/ |access-date=2023-10-15 |website=CHM |language=en}}</ref> 
{{Columns-list|
* 1987: [[Grace Hopper]]
* 1995: [[Jay Wright Forrester]]
* 1996: [[Mitch Kapor]], [[Ken Olsen]]
* 1997: [[Dennis Ritchie]], [[Ken Thompson]], [[John Backus]], [[Steve Wozniak]]
* 1998: [[Gene Amdahl]], [[Donald Knuth]], [[Gordon Moore]]
* 1999: [[Alan Kay]], [[John McCarthy (computer scientist)|John McCarthy]], [[Konrad Zuse]]
* 2000: [[Frances E. Allen]], [[Vint Cerf]], [[Tom Kilburn]]
* 2001: [[Fred Brooks]], [[Jean E. Sammet]], [[Maurice Wilkes]]
* 2002: [[Charles Geschke]], [[John Warnock]], [[John Cocke (computer scientist)|John Cocke]], [[Carver Mead]]
* 2003: [[Tim Berners-Lee]], [[David Wheeler (British computer scientist)|David Wheeler]], [[Gordon Bell]]
* 2004: [[Erich Bloch]], [[Dan Bricklin]], [[Bob O. Evans]], [[Bob Frankston]], [[Niklaus Wirth]]
* 2005: [[Paul Baran]], [[Douglas Engelbart]], [[Alan Shugart]], [[Ivan Sutherland]]
* 2006: [[Tony Hoare]], [[Bob Kahn]], [[Butler Lampson]], [[Marvin Minsky]]
* 2007: [[John L. Hennessy]], [[David Patterson (computer scientist)|David Patterson]], [[Morris Chang]], [[Charles P. Thacker]]
* 2008: [[Jean Bartik]], [[Robert Metcalfe]], [[Linus Torvalds]]
* 2009: [[Federico Faggin]], [[Marcian Hoff]], [[Stanley Mazor]], [[Masatoshi Shima]], [[Donald D. Chamberlin]], [[Robert Everett (computer scientist)|Robert Everett]]
* 2011: [[Whitfield Diffie]], [[Martin Hellman]], [[Ralph Merkle]], [[Bill Joy]]
* 2012: [[Fernando J. Corbató]], [[Edward Feigenbaum]], [[Steve Furber]], [[Sophie Wilson]]
* 2013: [[Edwin Catmull]], [[Harry Huskey]], [[Robert Taylor (computer scientist)|Robert Taylor]]
* 2014: [[Lynn Conway]], [[John Crawford (engineer)|John Crawford]], [[Irwin M. Jacobs]]
* 2015: [[Bjarne Stroustrup]], [[Charles Bachman]], [[Evelyn Berezin]]
* 2016: [[Dave Cutler]], [[Lee Felsenstein]], [[Phil Moorby]]
* 2017: [[Alan Cooper (software designer)|Alan Cooper]], [[Margaret Hamilton (scientist)|Margaret Hamilton]], [[Lawrence Roberts (scientist)|Larry Roberts]], [[Cleve Moler]]
* 2018: [[Dov Frohman|Dov Frohman-Bentchkowsky]], [[Steve Shirley|Dame Stephanie Shirley]], [[Guido van Rossum]]
* 2019: [[James Gosling]], [[Katherine Johnson]], [[Leslie Lamport]], [[Louis Pouzin]]
* 2021: [[Ray Ozzie]], [[Raj Reddy]], [[Lillian Schwartz]], [[Andries van Dam]]
* 2022: [[Don Bitzer]], [[Adele Goldberg (computer scientist)|Adele Goldberg]], [[Dan Ingalls]], [[Leonard Kleinrock]]
* 2023: [[Rodney Brooks]], [[Thomas E. Kurtz]], [[Barbara Liskov]]
* 2024: [[Allan Alcorn]], [[Nolan Bushnell]], [[Elizabeth J. Feinler]], [[Jensen Huang]], [[Steven Mayer]]
}}

==See also==
{{Portal|San Francisco Bay Area}}
* [[The Computer Museum, Boston]]
* [[Computer museums]]
* [[History of computing]]
* [[History of computer science]]
* [[Living Computers: Museum + Labs]]
* [[Vintage Computer Festival]] held annually at The Computer History Museum

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{Cite tech report |last=Bell |first=Gordon |date=April 4, 2011 |title=Out of a Closet: The Early Years of the Computer <nowiki>[x]</nowiki>* Museum |url=http://research.microsoft.com/pubs/147240/Bell_Origin_of_the_Computer_History_Museum_v2.pdf |institution=[[Microsoft Research]] |number=MSR-TR-2011-44 |location=Redmond, Washington |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118025149/http://research.microsoft.com/pubs/147240/Bell_Origin_of_the_Computer_History_Museum_v2.pdf |archive-date=January 18, 2012 |access-date=June 22, 2023 }}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Computer History Museum}}
* {{Official website}}
* {{YouTube|user=computerhistory |Computer History Museum}}
* [http://TCM.computerhistory.org/ The Computer Museum Archive (predecessor museum in Boston, Massachusetts)]

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