The Computer History Museum has come a long way since its start in a closet at the Digital Equipment Corporation in 1975, as is evidenced by the institution’s $19 million renovated facility opening its doors to the public Thursday. The renovated museum, housed in the former headquarters of Silicon Graphics and purchased for $25 million in 2002, has added 25,000 square feet of exhibition space and another 5,000 square feet for a lobby that includes an orientation theater, museum store and cafe.
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Refreshed Computer Museum Looks Back at 2 Millennia of Thinking Machines
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. January 13, 2011 10:35 AMThe Computer History Museum has come a long way since its start in a closet at the Digital Equipment Corporation in 1975, as is evidenced by the institution’s $19 million renovated facility opening its doors to the public Thursday. The renovated museum, housed in the former headquarters of Silicon Graphics and purchased for $25 million in 2002, has added 25,000 square feet of exhibition space and another 5,000 square feet for a lobby that includes an orientation theater, museum store and cafe.