William Harnack

As Associate Registrar for the Computer History Museum, William Harnack is responsible for accepting and adding new donations to the museum's collection. Harnack works closely with volunteers to catalog and preserve the museum's collection of physical objects.

Harnack grew up in Sunnyvale, California, and earned his BA in History at San Jose State University. Opting for a change of scenery, he earned his Master's Degree in Museum Studies at the Winchester School of Art, part of the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. While in England, Harnack was an intern at the University of Oxford's Ashmolean Museum and worked on a collection of 15th to 19th century portrait miniatures.

In his spare time, Harnack enjoys computer games, cooking, following professional baseball, and performing minor maintenance on his 1969 Chevrolet Caprice.