Past Events
CHM Live is our premier event series. It offers original productions exploring historical and current issues in technology, entrepreneurship and innovation, as well as the ongoing transformation of computing and its impact on society.
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Speaker Series
Design_Code_Build Featuring Georgia Tech’s Thad Starner
Friday, July 10, 2015 9:30 AM
Broadcom Presents Design_Code_Build is a program of interactive STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) events led by the Computer History Museum.
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Special Event
On You: A Story of Wearable Computing
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 10:00 AM
Join us for the opening of On You: A Story of Wearable Computing on display at the Computer History Museum from June 30th to September 20.
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Education Event
Design_Code_Build Featuring Tesla’s Celine Geiger
Saturday, June 27, 2015 9:30 AM
Broadcom Presents Design_Code_Build is a program of interactive STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) events led by the Computer History Museum.
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Speaker Series
Towards the Third Age of Computing
Friday, June 19, 2015 11:30 AM
Explore the origins of computational thinking and the rise of computer science as a discipline in this fascinating lecture by theoretical physicist Tony Hey.
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Speaker Series
Community and Computing: The Arduino Experience
Thursday, May 28, 2015 11:30 PM
This lecture by Massimo Banzi, co-founder of the Arduino project, will cover the historical origins of Arduino, including discussion of the process of designing tools which make digital technology accessible to people who are not experts, and the essential role of the larger Arduino ecosystem that supports this remarka
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Speaker Series
Secrets of the Antikythera Mechanism
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 10:30 AM
In 1900, sponge divers off the coast of the tiny Greek island of Antikythera made an astonishing discovery: the wreck of an ancient Roman ship lay 200 feet beneath the water, its dazzling cargo spread out over the ocean floor. Among the life-size statues and amphorae was an encrusted piece of metal, which after nearly
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Speaker Series
Design_Code_Build Featuring Cisco’s Shraddha Chaplot
Sunday, May 10, 2015 9:30 AM
Join us on May 10th for a very special Mother’s Day edition of Design_Code_Build! We invite mothers and their children to participate in this day-long program together. Middle school students will enjoy a shared hands-on learning experience with their mothers as they work together to explore problem-solving and program
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Speaker Series
The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace & Babbage Author Sydney Padua in Conversation with Google Doodle Leader Ryan Germick
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 7:00 PM
Sydney Padua is a graphic artist and animator. Sydney wrote this “Steampunk” graphic novel based on thorough research on the biographies and correspondence between Babbage and Lovelace, as well as other bits of early Victoriana, which is then twisted for humorous effect. Ryan Germick, our moderator, first graced the
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Fellow Awards
2015 Fellow Awards
Saturday, April 25, 2015 6:00 PM
On April 25, the Computer History Museum will be honoring the achievements of the 2015 Fellows whose creativity, persistence, vision, and global influence in the field of computing have helped shape our everyday lives.
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Speaker Series
Moore’s Law @ 50
Friday, April 17, 2015 10:00 AM
On April 19, 1965, Gordon Moore—chemist, semiconductor pioneer, and co-founder of Intel Corporation—published a paper in Electronics magazine titled “Cramming More Components onto Integrated Circuits.” In it he set forth the concept that became known as “Moore’s Law,” a principle that has propelled the digital revolut