Computer History Museum 🖥️✨

"Where silicon dreams began—just a chip's throw away from Google & NASA campuses!" Located at 300 Bay View Drive (though note: the Google campus requires employee access, and NASA's visitor policy may vary—let us know in the comments if you've got insider tips! 👇). 🕰️ Journey Through Computing History Adult tickets: $19 | Closes at 5 PM (check Google for updates) From ancient tools to modern marvels: 🌍 17th-century European slide rules 🧮 Chinese abacuses (2,000+ years old!) 💾 1960s Silicon Valley chips 📱 2007’s first iPhone (yes, it’s here!) 🌟 Key Players Who Shaped Tech IBM 🏛️ Boomed after FDR’s 1935 Social Security Act (millions of punch cards needed!). WWII gov contracts → mainframes → THINK philosophy (literally their office motto!). Fun fact: Early computers were room-sized—imagine debugging THAT! Silicon Valley’s Birth 🚀 Shockley Lab → Fairchild Semiconductor → Intel’s rise. "The Traitorous Eight" engineers who changed everything 🤯 Apple’s Revolution 🍏 "Teach computers about people, not people about computers." Jobs & Woz’s garage dreams → your pocket supercomputer. 🔍 Why Techies Love It AI to aerospace—see how the U.S. dominated computing (with nods to Japan/Europe). Hands-on exhibits: Try programming a 1980s IBM PC! ⌨️ Nostalgia overload: Vintage game consoles, floppy disks ("Wait, this isn’t the ‘Save’ icon?!" 😂). 📍 Pro Tips Pair with: Googleplex photos + NASA Ames (if open). Time needed: 2+ hours—it’s dense but dazzling! Don’t miss: The PDP-1 (1960s mini-computer that birthed hacker culture). "More than a museum—it’s the origin story of your smartphone." #TechHistory #SiliconValley #MustVisitMuseums #BayAreaTravel #ComputerNerdsUnite