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Mountain View, California

Utah Teapot

The model behind the iconic 3D test model.
Mustahamba, Estonia

Communication and Laptop Museum

A small museum showcasing various communication equipment and laptops in the middle of the southeast Estonia countryside.
Boston, Massachusetts

The BYTE Shop

This electronics repair store celebrates the history of computers.
Google Garage
Menlo Park, California

Google Garage

In 1998, Larry Page and Sergey Brin briefly ran their fledgling company from this Silicon Valley garage.
museums

Podcast: Grace Hopper’s Bug

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team August 15, 2022
Sharp MZ-80K (1979)
Helmond, Netherlands

HomeComputerMuseum

An interactive museum dedicated to preserving and sharing the history of the home computer.
The first—and only—kitchen computer ever sold looked like something out of <em>Star Trek.</em>
computers

When Americans Dreamed of Kitchen Computers

The ultimate appliance turned out to be expensive and impractical.
Alex Ketchum July 21, 2021
Santa Clara, California

Intel Museum

The headquarters of the semiconductor giant has a 10,000-square-foot museum.
San Jose, California

The Center of Santa Clara Valley

A mysterious monument covered in a binary code marks the heart of tech.
System Source Computer Museum.
Cockeysville, Maryland

System Source Computer Museum

Its diverse collection of computers and technology spans the ages.
The San San River.
computers

Biologists in Panama Eavesdrop on Manatees for Their Own Good

In the murky waters of Bocas del Toro, you can't see the manatees, but you can hear them.
Sabrina Imbler October 9, 2019
The Lenin Museum opened in 1987, just a few years before the Soviet Union collapsed.
lenin

Russia's Retro Lenin Museum Still Runs on Decades-Old Apple II Computers

The same machine that popularized "The Oregon Trail" was secretly imported just a few years before the USSR collapsed.
Yuri Litvinenko October 7, 2019
An ancient senet board inscribed with the name of Amenhotep III, with a sliding compartment for pieces, dating to the 14th century B.C.
games

Researchers Are Using Artificial Intelligence to Reconstruct Ancient Games

And they aren’t playing around.
Isaac Schultz September 26, 2019
Wall of Byte magazines.
Roswell, Georgia

Computer Museum of America

A vast collection of rare, historical, and vintage supercomputers.
Endicott, New York

Endicott History and Heritage Center

A collection of artifacts from two worldwide industries that called Endicott, NY home.
A more flattened teapot became the standard.
objects of intrigue

Why a Computer History Museum Owns a Legendary Teapot

For computer-graphics researchers, it's both a tool and a meme.
Anne Ewbank June 19, 2019
The site in 2017.
Mountain View, California

The Real Birthplace of Silicon Valley-The Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory

The first high-tech company in the valley that actually worked with silicon devices.
television

Searching for Genesis StoryTime, a Lost Canadian Cable Channel

It used a technology known as videotex to distribute children’s books over television screens.
Andrew Egan May 24, 2018