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.
Experience the world of computing through CHM’s popular live show series, including CHM Soundbytes and CHM Presents. Expert speakers and distinguished panelists are carefully selected from around the world to bring you the latest in computing and technology.
While technology has given us self-driving cars and smart watches, GitHub CEO Chris Wanstrath says it has also made collaboration a lot more challenging.
Although he can’t predict what software will look like in 10 years, GitHub CEO Chris Wanstrath says he knows it will change our lives in ways we can’t imagine.
From software that allows Stephen Hawking to talk to Facebook & Apple code, GitHub CEO Chris Wanstrath explains the growth and impact of open source projects available to new programmers on the soc...
"Saving Bletchley Park" Author Sue Black used to think Bletchley Park history was populated by "50 old guys wearing tweed jackets and smoking pipes." Hear how her first visit to the site turned her...
The destruction of cultural heritage sites cannot always be avoided, but for every instance of nature devastating a historical landmark there are easily as many cases where mankind knowingly and wi...
This talk focuses on ENIAC, the first general purpose electronic computer, based on research for Thomas Haigh’s book ENIAC in Action: Making and Remaking the Modern Computer, recently published by ...
The most famous startup stories often have storybook endings: founders hatch daring and disruptive ideas, secure funding by venture capitalists, create billion dollar companies, and change the worl...
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.