 thumb|computer history museum, mountain view, ca thumb|front entrance to the computer history museum thumb|computer history museum lobby  the computer history museum is a museum established in 1996 in mountain view, california, usa. the museum is dedicated to preserving and presenting the stories and artifacts of the information age, and exploring the computing revolution and its impact on society. ==history== the museum's origins date to 1968 when gordon bell began a quest for a historical collection and, at that same time, others were looking to preserve the whirlwind computer. the resulting museum project had its first exhibit in 1975, located in a converted coat closet in a dec lobby. in 1978, the museum, now the digital computer museum (tdcm), moved to a larger dec lobby in marlborough, massachusetts. maurice wilkes presented the first lecture at tdcm in 1979 â the presentation of such lectures has continued to the present time. tdcm incorporated as the computer museum (tcm) in 1982. in 1984, tcm moved to boston, locating on museum wharf. in 1996/1997, the tcm history center (tcmhc) in silicon valley was established; a site at moffett field was provided by nasa (an old building that was previously the naval base furniture store) and a large number of artifacts were shipped there from tcm. in 1999, tcmhc incorporated and tcm ceased operation, shipping its remaining artifacts to tcmhc in 2000. the name tcm had been retained by the boston museum of science so, in 2000, the name tcmhc was changed to computer history museum (chm). in 2003, chm opened its new building (previously occupied by silicon graphics), at 1401 n. shoreline blvd in mountain view, california, to the public.bell, gordon (2011).backgrounder press release on the computer history museum ==collections and exhibition space== the computer history museum claims to house the largest and most significant collection of computing artifacts in the world (the heinz nixdorf museum, paderborn, germany, has more items on display but a far smaller total collectionheinz nixdorf museum). this includes many rare or one-of-a-kin
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