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Exhibit Concepts was selected to fabricate and install exhibit components for the Computer History Museum with design by Van Sickle & Rolleri. The Museum contains two distinct areas:
Revolution: The First 2000 Years of Computing tells the history of how computers came to be in our daily lives. The exhibition contains over 1,000 objects in an engaging 25,000 square-foot space. Meant to be interactive, there are many multimedia experiences for visitors including audio and video presentations, interactive games, and hands-on displays. This space chronicles the history of computing on a global scale, from the abacus all the way to the modern day smart phone. This space contains one-of-a-kind objects and devices, told by the innovators who started the computer revolution.
Make Software: Change the World explores the history, technology, and cultural impact of seven applications, including Photoshop, MP3, MRI, Car Crash Simulation, Wikipedia, Texting, and World of Warcraft. This 6,000 square-foot interactive area of the museum allows visitors to interact with software, testing their skills in texting and learning basic programming concepts and trying hands-on coding.
The museum also includes an IBM 1401 Demo Lab and a PDP-1 Demo Lab and has rotating displays covering topics like autonomous vehicles and individuals whose early innovation has a major impact on modern day computing.