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On January 28, 2017, the Museum launched a 6,000 sq ft (560 m) 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
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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,
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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 affected nearly every human
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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.
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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
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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
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The museum's 25,000 sq ft (2,300 m) 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
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The Computer History Museum claims to house the largest and most significant collection of computing artifacts in the world. This includes many rare or one-of-a-kind objects such as a
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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. An exhibit on the history of
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John Hollar, a former media executive, was appointed CEO in July 2008. Dan'l Lewin, a former technology executive, replaced Hollar as CEO in March 2018.
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In 1999, TCMHC incorporated and TCM ceased operation, shipping its remaining artifacts to TCMHC in 2000. The name TCM had been retained by the
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in 1987. The fellows program has grown to 100 members as of 2024. Fellow nominations are open to the public and are accepted year round.
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On June 23, 1990, the Walk-Through Computer exhibit opened to help visitors learn how computers work. The interactive exhibit included a
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The CHM oral history program conducts video interviews around the history of computing, this includes computer systems,
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presented the first lecture at TDCM in 1979 – the presentation of such lectures has continued to the present time.
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began a quest for a historical collection and, at that same time, others were looking to preserve the
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The CHM is also home to an extensive collection of software, curated by Al Kossow, a veteran of
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was on display until January 31, 2016. It had been on loan since 2008 from its owner,
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Recordings of the Museum's past events are viewable on its YouTube channel.
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Software Gems: The Computer History Museum Historical Source Code Series
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In 1996/1997, the TCM History Center (TCMHC) was established; a site at
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acquired from his own collection and through donations from his peers.
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had its first exhibit in 1975, located in a converted coat closet in a
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In 2002, CHM opened its new building, previously occupied by
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Out of a Closet: The Early Years of the Computer * Museum
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of historical computer manuals and archived software and
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Buildings and structures in Mountain View, California
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The Museum also hosts TechFest events for families.
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Many other accessions have followed over the years.
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Other exhibits include a restoration of an historic
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