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
Computer History Museum: Celebrating 35 Years
Friday, September 26, 2014 10:30 AM
Join us as Museum co-founder Gordon Bell and Museum Chairman Len Shustek discuss with Museum President and CEO John Hollar the making of the leading museum devoted to the computing and its impact on society.
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Speaker Series
From Mainframe to Smartphone: What an Amazing Trip It’s Been with Dr. Dileep Bhandarkar, Qualcomm
Thursday, August 21, 2014 11:30 AM
Disruptive technologies have caused dramatic changes in computing technology for decades. This talk will show how a series of disruptions have set the course for a world that has evolved from the mainframe to the current smartphone revolution.
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Speaker Series
Akamai’s Co-Founder & CEO Tom Leighton in Conversation with Museum CEO John Hollar
Thursday, August 7, 2014 6:00 PM
Join John Hollar for an in-depth conversation with Akamai Co-Founder and CEO Tom Leighton about his distinguished career. We'll also get a peek under the hood at one of the world’s leading Internet infrastructure companies.
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Speaker Series
The Intel Trinity: How Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove Built the World’s Most Important Company
Thursday, July 24, 2014 12:00 PM
In today’s world of Google, Facebook, and Twitter, the digital age has all but forgotten its beginnings and the man who created the device upon whom all of these empires rested, the scientist behind two of the greatest inventions of the last century. Once hailed as the “Mayor of Silicon Valley,” Robert Noyce and his c
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Special Event
Fearless Genius Exhibit Opening Party
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 6:00 PM
The Computer History Museum invites our special guests to the opening of Fearless Genius: The Digital Revolution in Silicon Valley, 1985–2000. The evening will include food, wine, and great conversation. Please join us to celebrate the opening of the new exhibit.
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Speaker Series
Fearless Genius by Doug Menuez
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 12:00 PM
Award-winning photographer Doug Menuez documented the leading innovators of California’s Silicon Valley during the digital revolution as they invented the technology that would change our world forever. Menuez's project, Fearless Genius, began in 1985 with Steve Jobs as Jobs was starting over after losing a boardroom b
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Speaker Series
DARPA Director Arati Prabhakar in Conversation with The New York Times’ John Markoff
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 6:00 PM
Tonight Dr. Arati Prabhakar will join John Markoff for a conversation about her remarkable career, the Agency's history and impact, initiatives, and new breakthrough technologies like self-destructible computer chips. We will also learn more about her vision for DARPA's future and ways to keep the engine of innovation
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Special Event
Mountain View Community Weekend at the Computer History Museum!
Saturday, May 31, 2014 10:00 AM
The Computer History Museum invites Mountain View residents and their families and friends to be our special guests and enjoy a fun-filled day at the Museum.
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Special Event
Member Preview of New Exhibit: Where to? A History of Autonomous Vehicles
Friday, May 9, 2014 10:00 AM
We invite you and a guest to an exclusive member reception and debut of the Computer History Museum's latest visitor experience, Where To? A History of Autonomous Vehicles on Friday, May 9 from 10 AM to 12 PM. The morning will include a light brunch, mingling and a viewing of the new exhibit before it opens to the publ
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Speaker Series
Creativity, Inc: Author Ed Catmull in Conversation with Museum CEO John Hollar
Thursday, May 8, 2014 6:00 PM
Ed Catmull, a Fellow of the Computer History Museum, joins John Hollar for a conversation about how to build a sustained creative culture, nurturing both the technical and artistic "poles of creativity."