Topic(s): Engineering | Science
Tags: computation history Babbage engineering computing
The Computer History Museum will provide Maker Faire attendees with a preview to its much-anticipated exhibit opening in May, Charles Babbage’s Difference Engine No. 2. The Mountain View-based Museum is where computing history lives and is home to one of the largest international collections of computing artifacts in the world.
The Computer History Museum (CHM) in Mountain View, Calif., is a nonprofit organization with a four-decade history. The Museum is dedicated to the preservation and celebration of computer history, and is home to the largest international collection of computing artifacts in the world, encompassing computer hardware, software, documentation, ephemera, photographs and moving images. CHM brings computer history to life through an acclaimed speaker series, dynamic website, onsite tours, as well as physical and online exhibits. Current exhibits include Charles Babbages Difference Engine No. 2, Mastering the Game: A History of Computer Chess, Innovation in the Valley a look at Silicon Valley startups and the unique Visible Storage Gallery, featuring over 600 key objects from the collection. The signature Computer History: The First 2,000 Years exhibit will open in late 2010.