The . Computer E. Museum Founded in 1979, The Computer Museum is c o N T E N T s an international collecting and exhibiting museum. The only museum in the world devoted solely to computers, it was incorpo­ rated as an independent non-profit educa­ tional institution in 1982. 1 Chairman's Report The Museum has assembled the most Gardner C. Hendrie extensive collection of historical computers and robots in the world. Open to the public 2 Board of Directors, in downtown Boston since November 1984, the Museum welcomes over 100,000 Committees &. Staff visitors each year from around the globe. The Museum's mission is three-fold: 3 Executive Director's Report To educate and inspire all ages and levels Joseph F. Cashen of the public through dynamic exhibitions and programs on the technology, applica­ 4 The Year in Review tions and impact of computers. To preserve and celebrate the history and 6 The Computer Bowl promote the understanding of computers worldwide. 8 Feature To be an international resource for research into the history of computing. Gwen Bell gives a ten-year The history and current application of perspective on The Computer computers is presented in over 19,000 Museum's history. square feet of temporary and permanent exhibition space. The historical exhibits make ample use of the Museum's rare and 9 Exhibits growing collection. Some 60 hands-on Oliver Strimpel on the fuwre exhibits enliven the visitor experience and plans of the exhibit committee provide a window on the future of computer technology. and highlights of the past year. The Museum brings its message to a wide and varied public through a program of daily 12 Education demonstrations and guided tours, frequent Adeline Naiman on programs eV lectures, workshops and events, and a plans at the Museum; national program of traveling exhibits. Jon Miller on Computers and Eaeh year, over forty thousand students are introduced to the world of computing at the Scientific Literacy. Museum. Teacher workshops empower educators to expand their students' use, 16 Feature understanding and appreciation of comput­ ers. An active outreach program sends Ralph Gomory on museum educators into the schools with Trends in Computing. programs on computers and robots. Educa­ tional materials for the classroom are distributed nationally. 20 Collections The Museum is funded through corporate Additions to the and individual support, admissions, Collections. foundation and government grants. Members receive a bi-monthly newsletter and The Computer Museum Annual, a 28 Development richly illustrated report of the Museum's The Capital Campaign, activities. Phases 1 and II; Located on Museum Wharf at 300 Congress Annual Fund '88; Street, Boston, Massachusetts, the Museum The Computer Bowl. is easily aecessible by public transportation and is only minutes away from Logan Inter­ national Airport and Boston's financial 31 Membership district. Public open hours are Tuesday tlm;lUgh Sunday, 10 am - 5 pm, Friday until 9 pm, and daily during the summer. CHAIRMAN'S REPORT .. " t .. -t: • .,-,' ""C:di ' - ~11II,) I -. ".." --..', "",'''''' ~ •... ~ , -' " -,~ ."( THE N EXT F I V E YEll. R 5 Gardner C. Hendrie The Computer Museum has certainly come a long way from its early days in Chairman, Marlboro with its collection of early computers. It now has a wide range of II The Computer interactive exhibits in both the Smart Machines Gallery as well as the Graphics Museum Gallery. These exhibits help to expand the audience for the Museum from technically trained people who have grown up in the computer industry to include both children and adults who are curious about computers and how they work and how they are used. The two primary challenges which I see for the next five years are: 1. To further expand the audience of the Museum in terms of both the age and background of our visitors. 2. To expand support for the Museum to include individuals, foundations, and corporations that span all segments of the computing community, both suppliers and users. To achieve these goals we need to: 1. Continue to expand and improve our exhibits. Oliver Strimpel's article de­ scribes the new exhibits that will be devoted to history, will explain how computers work and will illustrate new and significant applications. 2. Create exhibits, events, and materials that allow us to share our collection and resources with organizations around the world. One of these is an exhibit on pocket calculators which is currently traveling throughout the country. The Computer Bowl was a simultaneous East and West Coast event that was later shown as two programs of the PBS show Computer Chronicles; the questions and answers were reproduced in The Communications of the ACM. 3. Develop the Museum's Education Department. Adeline Naiman, the new education director has a long list of programs currently being developed for school-age visitors. 4. Expand the involvement of the business community through innovative programs such as our breakfast seminars. These seminars bring industry luminaries to the Museum to talk about what is happening in computing today, and what may lie in the future. 5. Complete Phase II of the Museum's Capital Campaign. This Campaign is the principle means for funding the expansion of the Museum's programs. In the first year, we successfully raised over 1.2 million dollars. However, we still have a long way to go to successfully reach our goal of seven million by 1992. 6. Broaden the participation of individuals and corporations in the Museum's programs. Volunteer activities in public relations, collections and exhibit development have occurred from Louisville, Kentucky to Newcastle, England. 7. Promote pro-active collecting. The Museum has a preeminent collection from the 1950s and '60s and all of the very earliest PCs. However, we need to add the important advances of the '70s and '80s. These programs will help us achieve the goals of The Computer Museum over the next few years. The most important element, however, is you: the mem­ ber, the contributor, the visitor, the volunteer. The Computer Museum Board of Staff Directors Committees Joseph F. Cashen Marketing Gardner Hendrie John William Collections II Executive Director Mark Hunt Sigma Partners; Poduska, Sr. See Page 20 Gwen K. Bell Director of Marketing Chairman, Stellar Computer Ill c. The Computer Executive Founding President Gail Jennes Jonathan Rotenberg MLlseU111 The Roston Edward A. Schwartz Development Public Relations Chnmllan Manager Joseph F. Cashen Computer Society Jane Dusza Stanhope Executive Director, Joseph F. Cashen Linda Holekamp Jean E. Sammet Development The Computer David Donaldson Assistant Public Consultant Coordinator MUSel.l111 Relations Manager Edward A.Schwartz Gardner Hendrie Valerie Freitas Gwen K. Bell Membership Kathy Keough FOllnding President, Naomi Seligman James McKenney Coordinator Functions Manager The Computer The Research Board Nicholas A. Pettinella Store Museum Paul Severino John William Education Wellfleet Christina O 'Sullivan Lynda S. Bodman Poduska, Sr. Adeline Naiman C0111111L1111Cllt 1011), lll C, Store Manager Schubert Associates Paul Severino Director of Education Hal B. Shear Shashelia David L. Chapman Michael Chertok Compllter Power Research lllve,l1llelll Exhibits Education Degrassinried Adviser" Ltd. See Page 9 Store Assistant- GrOllI', Americas Coordinator Irwin J. Sitkin Diana Dimente David Donaldson Finance Gregory Schroeder Ropes eJ Gray Ae/Ila Lde eJ Operations Manager Assistant Weekend Casualt)' James McKenney Store Manager Jon Eklund Clullrman Ron Smart Exhibits and Robert Gates The National Museum Nicholas A. Petti nella Collections of American History Digital EqUIpment Assistant Store Corpofiltion Treasurer Oliver Strimpel Manager William Foster William J. Spencer Mark Allio Curatof eJ Associate Interpreters StralUs Computer. In e. Director Xerox CorpofiltlOn Joseph F. Cashen Laura Bernstein Edward Fredkin Dan Griscom Capital Technologies Richard Stewart John Bristow Trustees Exhibits Engineer Thomas Gerrity Christopher Wilson Charles Caruso Tom Merrill Index Group Charles Bachman Pnblic Relations Exhibits Specialist Jane Ewing Richard E, Greene C. Gordon Bell Wendy Germain Tom Restivo Fernando Gonzales Dow Switch Dr. Erich Bl och Collections Assistant Corporation Betsy Gillis Mark Gould Harvey Cragon Allison Stelling Max D. Hopper Mark Hunt Ken Gustin Robert Everett Registrar/Collection American Airlines Gail Jennes Scott Haas Manager Sir Arthur Humphreys C. Lester Hogan Linda Holekamp Mehreen Hassan Gregory Welch In ternational Andrew C. Knowles III Christopher Morgan Exhibits Developer John Mello Computers Limited Koji Kobayashi Sheryl Schultz Tom Restivo Theodore G. Johnson Finance and John Lacey Joshua Shapiro Administration Norman Simpson Mitchell Kapor Patrick J. McGovern On Technology, In c, Roxanne St, Claire Mark Allio David Shaffer Robert M. Metcalfe Director of Finance August Klein Keith Westerman Douglas Stoddard George Michael and Administration Robert W. Lucky School Advisory Kelly Strasburger William H. Millard Michael Halwes ATeJT Art Bardige Receptionist/Staff Shawn Wilson, Bell Laboratories Robert N. Noyce Marilyn Gardner Assistant Carver Mead Brian Randell Beth Lowd Antje Luhl-Archibald California Institute Kitty Selfridge Personnel Manager of Technology Adeline Naiman Michael Spock Brian McLaughlin James McKenney Alan November Erwin Tomash Accounting Manager Harvard Thomas). Plati Business School Paul Tsongas Doris Ray Laura Barker Morse Maurice Wilkes Russell Reynolds Jonathan