Wednesday Jul 17 , 2019 Speaker Series
The Code Long before Margaret O’Mara became one of our most consequential historians of the American-led digital revolution, she worked in the White House of Bill Clinton and Al Gore in the ...
Monday Jul 29 , 2019 Speaker Series
The Intuit Story Why did Fortune magazine describe Intuit as "the Tom Brady of its industry—performing at the top of its game at an age when its one-time peers have long since stopped playing"? How ...
Teen Takeover: Idea to Influence

Teen Takeover: Idea to Influence

Follow an idea from conception to innovation to influence. Learn how social media and other forms of technology have influenced popular culture and social innovation today.

CHM invites teens from across the Bay Area to join us from 5 to 9 p.m. on June 21 for a fun-filled night packed with activities, food, and music. Organized by CHM’s Teen Engagement Council (TEC), “Idea to Influence” is a free after-hours event that allows teens to explore the ways in which technology influences the past, present, and future of society. This event is open to the public. Teens and young adults will find lots to see and do throughout the night, and families of all ages are welcome.

The Teen Engagement Council at CHM fosters collaboration among teens to create, coordinate, execute, and promote events by teens for teens. “Idea to Influence” is an event aimed at paving the way for increased teen participation at CHM.

Bring your Eventbrite confirmation for free admission and to receive 15% off at the Museum Store. Offer valid for this event only.

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Museum Highlights

“Woodstock of the Web” at 25

“Woodstock of the Web” at 25

May 2019 marks the 25th anniversary of the first web conference in 1994. Go behind the scenes of the original conference and explore a series of interviews with pioneers reflecting on the web and the past and future of the conference.
Meeting Whirlwind’s Joe Thompson

Meeting Whirlwind’s Joe Thompson

The photograph was dated 1950, a date when a now unimaginably small number of humans had ever beheld a computer, no less touched one, and when unabashed racism and discrimination was endemic on the American scene. Who was the young African-American man who nevertheless sat at the controls of this storied machine? What was his name? What was his story?

Venturing Forth: The Exponential Center Launches a Venture Capital Initiative

Venturing Forth: The Exponential Center Launches a Venture Capital Initiative

The Exponential Center at the Computer History Museum is leading an ambitious program to capture and share the untold stories of pioneering venture capitalists and their partnerships with disruptors and innovators that extend from idea to IPO and beyond. The companies they have created have led to new industries and jobs, generated tremendous wealth, and changed the way we live.
Hacking Our Security: Digital Resilience for the Next Cyber Threat

Hacking Our Security: Digital Resilience for the Next Cyber Threat

Ray Rothrock, chairman and CEO of cybersecurity analytics firm RedSeal and national security expert and Brunswick Partner Siobhan Gorman discussed Rothrock’s timely new book, Digital Resilience: Is Your Company Ready for the Next Cyber Threat?