Computer History Museum

Why preserve computer history? #HeritageMW

The Computer History Museum is undertaking a groundbreaking collaboration with San Jose-based Cisco Systems to preserve its three decade history. #HeritageMW http://www.computerhistory.org/ciscoarchive/

Because of her contributions, people can now travel to the moon and space. #TravelMW #WomenMW

One of the best forms of travel is when we get to visit other worlds. #TravelMW

Computers help to make every day travel safer. #TravelMW

Who is ready for travel by autonomous vehicle? #TravelMW

Looking for something to read? Explore our collection of marketing brochures from over 90 companies. #BooksMW

This popular book on software engineering observed that adding people to a late project almost always makes it later. Brooks wrote it in response to IBM-chief Tom Watson’s asking why programming projects were so hard to manage. #BooksMW

Learn from two inspiring entrepreneurs as they shared their stories on a wide range of topics, including different ways to think about becoming a founder, aha moments from the earliest days of their startups, highs and lows as an entrepreneur, and best advice. #StoriesMW #WomenMW

Listen to some of our oral history videos and hear from computing history pioneers themselves! #StoriesMW #WomenMW

By creating smaller audio files, MP3s helped make music instantly available and easily shared. #musicmw

MIDI standardized communications between computers and electronic instruments. It opened the door to computer-based sequencers, and music recording, editing, and playback on computers. #musicmw

Many inventors sought ways to incorporate electricity into music-making in the late 19th century. In 1874, Western Electric co-founder Elisha Gray demonstrated a musical telegraph system that anticipated today’s electronic synthesizers. #musicmw

Composer Suzanne Ciani met analog synthesizer designer Don Buchla in the late 1960s and worked with him for nearly a decade.  She would later become a popular New Age musician known for utilizing both traditional and electronic instruments.

This week we are participating in #MuseumWeek! Each day we will be exploring a new topic and today's topic is MUSIC! #MusicMW

Explore the technology behind sailing and filming the America's Cup. #SportsMW

Kate Moore texted her way to victory, winning a grand prize of $50,000 at the 2009 LG National Texting Championship. Competitors participated in texting challenges that tested speed, dexterity, and accuracy, including knowledge of acronyms. #SportsMW