A World Premier Museum Exhibition:

Gutenberg

Religion

Science 

Literature

A celebration of the 550th anniversary of the Gutenberg Press

 

Experience 800 Years of Rare Books, Manuscripts, Historic Newspapers, Maps & Prints including:

GutenbergBible

(display of an actual original Leaf from the original first printed book,

the Gutenberg Bible from 1455)

KingJames, Luther &Taverner

(display of Rare Bibles, 1550-1613)

Shakespeare'sMacbeth

(leaves from the original 1st Folio, 1623)

1st &Early Scientific Editions

(by Newton, Galileo, Kepler, Leibniz, Bruno, Darwin,

von Neumann, Turing, Einstein - among others... )

 

 On display: a full size working reconstruction of the Gutenberg Press

 

This new exhibit is sponsored to date & in part with contributions by Zoot Enterprises, ILX Lightwave,

Insty Prints of Bozeman, Allegra Network, Weiss-Aug, Bennett Painting & the Bozeman Daily Chronicle

 
 

Location:

2304 North 7th Avenue - Suite B, Bozeman, MT 59715 Tel: (406) 582-1288

Driving Directions & Map

 
New Winter Hours:

September - May: Tue., Wed., Fri. & Sat.: 10 AM to 4 PM

Sundays: 12 Noon to 4 PM

 

Admission:

$5 per adult,  $3 per child 6 to 12 (under 6, free)

Group Rates:

Group tours available during regular & off hours for schools, churches, private groups, etc. by reservation (please call for arrangements)

 Call (406) 582-1288 for Information 

Closed:

 Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's & July 4th

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"An eye-opener for nine-year-olds to ninety-nine-year-olds" - Montana Magazine

Open since 1990: The world's oldest continually operating museum dedicated to the history of the Information Age.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The American Computer Museum

in the News:

 

 

The Antikythera Mechanism

Photo credit: Gayla Wiedenheft

ABC NEWS article on the Antikythera Mechanism & the American Computer Museum's reconstruction if this 2,000+ year old calculating device

 

 

 

In October of 2006:

Edward O. Wilson

Receives the American Computer Museum's

2006 George R. Stibitz Computer & Communications Award

for pioneering the Electronic Encyclopedia of Life

 

Montana State University  Press release from MSU regarding the above event

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In March of 2007:

E. O. Wilson receives the 2007 TED Prize.

Hear and see his talk at this conference:

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/83

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On May 9, 2007:

Much global publicity on this date on the establishment of the Encyclopedia of Life and its web page: www.eol.org

E. O. Wilson's biography & role within the Encyclopedia of Life at: www.eol.org/eo_wilson_bio.html

 

 

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Museum Information:

Museum History & Mission  

  Stibitz Pioneer Awards

Email Us 

 

 

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Local Links:

Museum of the Rockies

Pioneer Museum

Bozeman Chamber

of Commerce

Livingston Museum Association

 

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The American Computer Museum is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation with the IRS and the State of Montana

Copyright 2007 by the American Computer Museum   

Apollo 15 Saturn rocket liftoff photo from NASA

Image of Gutenberg from the Library of Congress

Last Updated on December 26, 2007