Event Details

Location: Mountain View, CA


When
28 Apr 2018
12:45 PM – 3:30 PM

Location
Computer History Museum, 1401 N. Shoreline Boulevard, Mountain View, CA 94043

Register at http://www.cornellnorcal.com/event-2866156/Registration
•  Children (10 years old or younger) – Free   
•  Members – $20.00   
•  Members (early bird until Apr 15th) – $17.50   
•  Non-Members – $23.00   
•  Non-Members (early bird until Apr 15) – $20.00   

Join us for a Curator (Cornell alum) led tour of the Computer History Museum. Find out why computer history is 2000 years old. Learn about computer history´s game-changers in our multimedia exhibitions. Play a game of Pong or Spacewar! Listen to computer pioneers tell their story from their own perspective. Discover the roots of today´s Internet and mobile devices. See over 1,100 historic artifacts, including some of the very first computers from the 1940s and 1950s.

The Computer History Museum is a nonprofit organization with a four-decade history as the world’s leading institution exploring the history of computing and its ongoing impact on society. The Museum is dedicated to the preservation and celebration of computer history and is home to the largest international collection of computing artifacts in the world, encompassing computer hardware, software, documentation, ephemera, photographs, oral histories, and moving images.

When: Saturday, Apr 28, 2018. 1 pm – 3 pm. Arrive at 12:45 pm so we can get the group together and start the tour at 1 pm sharp. Wear Cornell gear so we can easily find each other.

Where: Meet outside the entrance to the museum (Computer History Museum, 1401 N. Shoreline Boulevard, Mountain View, CA 94043).

Notes:
•This is a family friendly event, so an adult must register along with the children they are registering and must accompany the children throughout the tour; no drop-offs.

•You will need to create separate registrations for children under the age of 10 (free registration) who are attending.

•You are free to explore the museum after the tour until closing time (5pm)

Sign-up early since registration ends on Apr 22nd and this event is expected to sell out.

Questions? Please contact Raj Uppala, MBA ’15.