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Oliver Strimpel Executive Director Sam Albert Associates Massachusetts Institute - CHAIRMAN of Technology FINANCE Charles A BOARD OF TRUSTEES BOARD OF OVERSEERS (AS OF JUNE 30,1994) Sam Albert Mitchel Resnick Oliver Strimpel Executive Director Sam Albert Associates Massachusetts Institute - CHAIRMAN of Technology FINANCE Charles A. Zraket Gary J . Beach AND ADMINI­ The MITRE Corporation STRATION Computerworld Howard Salwen Donald Collins Proteon, Inc. Controller VICE CHAIRMAN C. Gordon Bell Mary McCann Richard P. Case Naomi O. Seligman Director, Erich Bloch Administration IBM Corporation Th e Research Board Robert Eichten Council on Competitiveness Oliver Strimpel Paul Severino DEVELOPMENT Jeff Braun Elizabeth Riggs Executive Director Wellfleet Communications Director The Computer Museum MAXIS Marjorie Ferris John Shoch Kate Jose Lawrence S. Brewster Sue Pekock Gwen Bell Asset Management Julie Rackliffe Founding President Company Clemmie Cash EDUCATION The Computer Museum Tarrek Gems Marilyn Gardner Casimir S. Skrzypczak Director Edward Belove Stephen E. Coit NYNEX Science and Judith Bernier Ziff Desktop Information Damali Brooks Charles River Ventures Technology, In c. Kate Carswell Sam Christy Lynda Schubert Bodman Howard E. Cox, Jr. W. J. Spencer Stina Cooke Schubert Associates Alan Cyr Greylock Management Sematech Richard Dear Corporation Angie Dickerson Richard M. Burnes, Jr. Lee Sproull Shira Fischer Charles River Ventures Boston University Regina Ford Robert R. Everett Goutam Gajula J . Franklin, Esq. The MITRE Corporation Giselle Gonzalez Thomas James Sutter Anastasia Gregory Lucash, Gesmer, Updegrove Rockwell International Kimberly Hertz William Foster Kim Hill Samuel F. Fuller Stratus Computer, In c. Corporation ShireJJe Jefferson Brian Lee Digital Equipment Clifford Gerring, III Juanita Wade Gail Marcano Corporation Carlos Melendez Bronner Siosberg Th e Freedom House Wanda Mourant Humphrey Inc. Tom Mosher Roger A. Heinen, Jr. Allan Wallack Elaine Russell Microsoft Corporation Ninoska Sabater Max Hopper Jahi Sami C. American Airlines Alex Shear Gardner Hendrie Noah Southall Sigma Partners Barry Horowitz Tony Walker Charles House The MITRE Corporation EXHIBITS David Greschler Mitchell Kapor Director David L. House David Bauman Intel Corporation Kapor Enterprises, Inc. Marc Bjorkland Sari Boren Mitchell Kertzman Kristan Cardoza David B. Kaplan Christopher Grotke Price Waterhouse Powersoft Corporation Ben Tremblay William Tremblay James L. McKenney James A. Lawrence DESIGN Harvard Business School Pepsi-Cola International Theodore Groves Director Laura Barker Morse John D. Loewenberg Don Greene Heidrick & Struggles Aetna Information James Mandolini Technology COLLECTIONS David Nelson Gwen Bell Novell Multimedia Robert Lucky Director Bellcore, Inc. Brian Wallace Anthony D. Pell Ken Olsen celebrates Digital Equip­ MARKETING AND Pell Rudman and Co., Inc. Patrick J. McGovern ment Corporation's gih of the MUSEUM STORE John Marchiony International Data Group building to the Museum with Trus­ HONORARY TRUSTEES Director Nicholas A. Pettinella tees, Overseers and friends. Martha Ba llard Intermetrics, Inc. Carver Mead Phillomin Boucaud California In stitute of Charles Bachman Margaret Dasha F. Grant Saviers Martha Dickerson Technology David Chapman Paul Fest Adaptec, Inc. Jane Hussey John A. Miller, Jr. David M. Donaldson, Esq. Kevin Kelly Edward A. Schwartz, Esq. Eileen Knight Miller Communications Jon Eklund Craig Pollack New England Legal Richard E. Greene Adrienne Wetmore Foundation Isaac R. Nassi Theodore Johnson WEST COAST Apple Computer Inc. OFFICE Hal B. Shear Pat Collins Nelson Carol Welsh Research Investment David Nelson Director Novell Multimedia Russell Noftsker Advisors, Ltd. PUBLIC Brian Randell RELATIONS Michael Simmons Seymour Papert Gail Jennes Massachusetts In stitute Jonathan Rotenberg Director Richard L. Taylor of Technology Jean E. Sammet Geoff Sellers Blue Cross Blue Shield Michael Spock Suhas S. Patil Dorothy A. Terrell Cirrus Logic, Inc. Sun Express Inc. John William Poduska, Sr. Advanced Visual Systems, Inc. MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN It gives me great pleasure to look back at the last twelve months as I complete my first year as Chairman of the Board of Trustees. This year we implemented a new governance structure with the establishment of a Board of Trustees and a Board of Overseers, each of which is working diligently and enthusiastically for the Museum. The financial statements on page 6 record a large increase in operating activity, reflecting expanded edu­ cational programs. It is gratifying to note that we kept revenues ahead of expenses to realize a small oper­ ating surplus this year. This banner year also capped our first decade in Boston. The pages that follow tell the remarkable story of the Museum's development, first with a report on the decade by Oliver Strimpel, our Executive Director, and then with a pictorial timeline from 1984 to 1994. On behalf of the entire Board, I extend thanks to Chairman of the Board Charles all the individuals, corporations, and foundations who A. Zraket explores The Walk·Through T Computer ". with young visitors. committed hard work and funds to build and nurture this special institution. I hope you will all be with us as we enter our second decade. Charles A. Zraket Chairman of the Board of Trustees Ten years ago, the Museum took the plunge, and ROBOTS & OTHER SMART MACH­ moved from a secure corporate nest INES'" and TOOLS & TOYS'" indulge within a Digital Equipment Corpor­ visitors' desire to engage with a ation building in Marlboro to Museum wide range of computer uses, from Wharf on Boston's waterfront. The robotics and expert systems to music Museum's la-strong staff led by Gwen and games. The 1994 NETWORKED Bell took less than a year to complete PLANET" exhibit gives visitors a the move and open five new exhibit chance to tryout the much touted galleries. This initial set of galleries "information highway" for them- . pointed the way for the Museum's de­ selves with the help of computer-based velopment; the SAGE, Univac, IBM 1401 "network guides." Over the past From the Executive Director and Seymour Cray exhibits were pri­ decade, the Museum has enriched the marily historical. The Computer and the 1984-94 permanent exhibit experience with a Image"', on the other hand, explored a panoply of special exhibits. Topics have key application of computing-com­ ranged from computer art to digital puter graphics and image processing­ views of Earth from satellites. Taken exploiting hands-on interactive stations, together, the Museum's 30,000 square film, video, and artifacts. feet of exhibitions offer a uniquely accessible introduction to a technology Today's exhibits reflect the increasing that is fast becoming ubiquitous. impact of computing on many aspects of life. The exhibits have become Since 1984, the Museum has expanded more interactive-more than 125 inter­ the impact of its exhibits in several active stations today compared to dimensions. On-site, the number of 25 a decade ago. But the most signifi­ visitors has tripled. Beyond our walls, cant change took place in 1990 when copies of our exhibit interactive soft­ The Walk-Through Computern., became ware reach over a million people a year the symbol for the Museum in the in other museums. The video "How minds of children around the country. Computers Work," based on The Walk­ Appearing on the "Today" show and Through Computer, serves tens of on "Sesame Street," the Museum's thousands of students. And the Mu­ friendly giant continues to attract young seum's travelling exhibits on pocket visitors from around the world. computing and satellite digital imagery of Earth have been on display in over Five years ago, the Museum's Board 20 other museums. laid out a strategic plan for the exhibits in which three themes would be ad­ dressed in the permanent exhibits: the evolution of computing; computer technology and how it works; and the applications and impact of computing. The Walk-Through Computer's extra­ ordinary size invites visitors to discover the elements of computer technology; PEOPLE AND COMPUTERS: Milestones of a Revolution TM reveals the effect of computers on employment and rec­ reation with vignettes supplemented by period film footage. An important milestone was the opening of The Computer Artifacts represent only one facet of the Clubhouse''', an innovative learning historical record; the past decade has environment in which children engage seen a strengthening of our document, in open-ended computer-based pro­ video, photograph and book collections. jects. The Clubhouse has forged a con­ Video of computers in use and pioneers nection for the Museum with several telling their own stories serves as an underserved communities of Boston. especially useful aid to interpretation Kids from housing projects are in the owing to the relative inscrutability of Clubhouse almost every day experi­ the Museum's collections. Our video menting with multimedia tools and collection was greatly enriched with building interfaces for robots-acquir­ the acquisition of the collections assem­ ing skills that could affect the course bled by WGBH-TV, the PBS station in of their lives. Boston, during their research for "The Machine that Changed the World" In 1984, the Museum's historical collec­ television series. In 1994, the collections tions of computing were already one include nearly 1,200 artifacts, 570 film of the world's finest. In the past decade and video titles, and 4,000 photographs. many important acquisitions have been added. The Univac 1, IBM 360, Cray 1 A very significant achievement of the and Xerox Alto are examples. In
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