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Computer History Museum General Admission Ticket
2 h
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About this activity
Visit: Computer History Museum, 1401 N Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View, CA 94043-1311
Explore the spectacular history of computing in Revolution: The First 2000 Years of Computing, from mysterious ancient devices to technologies of the future. Journey through 19 galleries, each dedicated to a different aspect of computing. Discover the back stories, development dramas, and astonishing breakthroughs of the gadgets, gurus and companies you love or love to hate.
Enter Make Software: Change the World! and experience a uniquely designed space that follows the stories of seven transformative software applications - Photoshop, MP3, Car Crash, Wikipedia, Texting, and World of Warcraft. A multimedia software lab anchors the exhibition and encourages visitors to learn programming basics through a series of interactive activities.
Step into our PDP-1 and 1401 Demo Labs to see classic computing. Learn how the DEC PDP-1 minicomputer captivated an early generation of hackers with its real-time capability, advanced graphics and interstellar game Spacewar! Discover the sights and sounds of a 1960's Business Center featuring one of the most popular mainframe computers of all time, the IBM 1401.
Take land, air and sea by storm! Discover the decades-long challenge to bring self-driving cars to the general public. Self-driving cars have remained perpetually tow decades away since the 1030's, while over the past century autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles have conquered the air, sea and roamed the edges of our solar system. Sit in a Waymo self-driving car and ask yourself are things about to change.
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Explore the spectacular history of computing in Revolution: The First 2000 Years of Computing, from mysterious ancient devices to technologies of the future. Journey through 19 galleries, each dedicated to a different aspect of computing. Discover the back stories, development dramas, and astonishing breakthroughs of the gadgets, gurus and companies you love or love to hate.
Enter Make Software: Change the World! and experience a uniquely designed space that follows the stories of seven transformative software applications - Photoshop, MP3, Car Crash, Wikipedia, Texting, and World of Warcraft. A multimedia software lab anchors the exhibition and encourages visitors to learn programming basics through a series of interactive activities.
Step into our PDP-1 and 1401 Demo Labs to see classic computing. Learn how the DEC PDP-1 minicomputer captivated an early generation of hackers with its real-time capability, advanced graphics and interstellar game Spacewar! Discover the sights and sounds of a 1960's Business Center featuring one of the most popular mainframe computers of all time, the IBM 1401.
Take land, air and sea by storm! Discover the decades-long challenge to bring self-driving cars to the general public. Self-driving cars have remained perpetually tow decades away since the 1030's, while over the past century autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles have conquered the air, sea and roamed the edges of our solar system. Sit in a Waymo self-driving car and ask yourself are things about to change.
Included
- Entry/Admission - Computer History Museum
Not included
- Food and drinks
Additional
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Most travelers can participate
- Wheelchair accessible
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travelers
Features
Cultural
95%
Tourism
50%
Original
40%
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