Discover life at CHM! Catch sneak peeks of Friday Nights @CHM, learn how to Adopt an Artifact, and go behind the scenes to see why CHM is the most exciting museum in Silicon Valley. Experience demonstrations of the 4-ton Babbage Engine, play Spacewar! on a restored DEC PDP-1, explore world-class exhibits, and learn just how noisy an IBM 1401 mainframe system can be.
A playlist of CHM favorites, carefully selected by CHM’s curators and staff. From rare computing classics to humorous public service announcements to scholarly lectures, you’re bound to discover something new about computer history.
Take your seat for "Revolutionaries," CHM’s acclaimed speaker series. Renowned Silicon Valley leaders and international innovators—including Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, SpaceX CEO and CTO Elon Musk, Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer, and Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt—engage in dynamic conversations with the tech industry’s top journalists and leading experts.
[Recorded: January 14, 2016] "I want us to ask ourselves every day, how are we using technology to make a real difference in people’s lives." President Barack Obama
[Recorded: September 24, 2015] Artificial Intelligence is remaking our world. In a special edition of Revolutionaries, two of the field’s world-leading figures join the BBC’s Rory Cellan Jones to d...
[Recorded: September 22, 2015] SUPERBETTER: A Revolutionary Approach to Getting Stronger, Happier, Braver and More Resilient - Powered by the Science of Games
As robots are increasingly integrated into modern society—on the battlefield and the road, in business, education, and health—those who design the machines have a stark choice to make. They can des...
[Recorded: May 5, 2015] A graphic novel debut that transforms a compelling scientific collaboration into an unexpected -- and hilarious -- series of adventures.
[Recorded April 15, 2015] In 2015 the Museum will produce a new track within our Revolutionaries series, "Re/New: The Future of News." Technology is changing everything about the news and journalis...
[Recorded: April 7, 2015] "Still, I was always the reporter and Steve was the source and subject; I was the ink-stained wretch, and he was the rock star. More than anything, he wanted to get his st...
[Recorded: March 19, 2015] "The inaugural race was unexpectedly dramatic. A crash at the last turn of the final lap involving the leading cars allowed the Brazilian driver Lucas di Grassi of the Au...
[Recorded: February 18, 2015] The strategist who masterminded Obama’s historic election campaigns, and their breakthrough use of technology, opens up about his years as a young journalist, politica...
[Recorded: January 29, 2015] "I like smashing new technology into old technology and the older the technology the better. One of the cellos I use was made in the 17th century, and some of the equip...
Learn from the best! Industry professionals, technology pioneers, and community programs partner with CHM Education to encourage students and educators to think critically about technology. Program highlights include Broadcom Presents Design_Code_Build, Get Invested, and Talking to the Future.
Hear the stories from the computing legends themselves with video selections from CHM’s oral history collection. Interviewees and panelists include Pixar president Ed Catmull, C++ inventor Bjarne Stroustrup, Intel co-founder Gordon Moore, Smalltalk developer Adele Goldberg, Linear Technology co-founders Bob Dobkin and Bob Swanson, Ethernet co-inventor Bob Metcalfe, SanDisk fonder Eli Harari, and many more.
"Revolution: The First 2000 Years of Computing" is the first major museum exhibition to trace the history of computers and information technology from the abacus to the Internet.
The story of computing is epic. It’s driven by the human passion for tinkering, inventing, and solving difficult problems where accidents and luck can be as important as brilliant engineering. Explore the revolution that has changed our world.