“Revolution: The First 2000 Years of Computing” is in the final stages of completion and will open to the public on January 13, 2011. The Museum will feature special opening hours from January 13 to 17 and will be open throughout the three-day Martin Luther King holiday weekend.

Revolution is a 25,000 square foot, multimedia experience that will immerse visitors in the sights, sounds and stories of the computer revolution. More than 1,000 artifacts from the Museum’s vast collection will be on view, including rare computers, audio and video, photographs, games, and hands-on displays. Revolution will also feature more than 100 media stations and three mini-theaters.

With the final stages of preparation for Revolution now underway, the museum will be closed to the public until re-opening on January 13, 2011.

The Computer History Museum was formally established as a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization in 1999. The Museum is dedicated to the preservation and celebration of computing history. The museum home to one of the largest international collections of computing artifacts in the world, encompassing physical objects, ephemera, photographs, moving images, documents and software.

www.computerhistory.org

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