While touring the galleries, National Building Museum patrons will actually become participants in the exhibit by creating personal profiles which will be programmed on Sun's credit card-sized smart cards. These smart cards can then be used in any of the 20 Sun Ray appliances located at various points in the exhibition, thereby allowing visitors to experience the mobility of moving their sessions from desktop to desktop without logging off. The National Building Museum exhibition is an ideal platform for Sun to showcase this innovative technology that represents freedom from the personal computer. The National Building Museum, created by an act of Congress in 1980, is a private, non-profit institution that examines and interprets American achievements in building through exhibitions, education programs, and publications. The Museum is located at 401 F Street NW, Washington, D.C., at the entrance to the Judiciary Square Metro station on the Red Line.
Admission is free.
On the Job is curated by Donald Albrecht and Chrysanthe B. Broikos. Donald Albrecht is an independent curator who has created exhibitions for the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Library of Congress, and the Vitra Design Museum. Chrysanthe B. Broikos is an architectural historian and curator at the National Building Museum. In cooperation with Princeton Architectural Press, the Museum is publishing a companion catalog featuring a collection of essays. Is The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.