For the kids, the Computer Museum of America offers lots of fun activities in their hands-on area such as electronics kits, puzzles, and everyone’s favorite, the IBM Selectric Typewriter. Don’t forget to try out the Retrogaming Area! Are you still a master at Pac-Man or Donkey Kong? Challenge your kids to a match on any of their vintage games.
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Do you have a budding computer scientist, artist, or forensic scientist? Look for Steve Emery who will be demonstrating his computer chip artwork and Roswell Det. Zack Kowalske who will return to discuss astroforensics during their Talking Tech speaker series. Both will be presenting this fall.
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Spark conversations between the generations at the Punchcard demonstrations. This is not just a demonstration, but you can also punch your own souvenir card!
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CMoA offers field trips for schools and home school groups for up to 120 students. There are also Scout badge workshops for Girl Scouts and Scouting America.
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Promising to be a fantastic day of family fun, CMoA’s Inaugural Pixel Putt will happen on September 28th. Sign your team up for the Pixel Putt Mini Golf Tournament at Area 51 – Fringe Miniature Golf to support the museum's growing educational programs.
Computer Museum of America is not just for kids, look for Museum After-Hours on October 3. A 21+ event filled with music, light bites, and digital art. Coming in November, trivia at CMoA. Test your technology, sci-fi, and pop culture knowledge at the museum.
Ever wonder about the history of the punchcard? The punchcard exhibit starts with a Jacquard Loom, one of the earliest uses of punched cards, which helped to make woven fabric more affordable. Herman Hollerith’s invention of electromechanical processing of cards tabulated data for the 1890 census. The IBM family of punch card machines was used for data processing and record-keeping across many industries and academia. Punched cards were even used for matchmaking at the University of Iowa in 1963! Demo set for September 7.
Are you still a master at Pac-Man or Donkey Kong?