About the STARTUP Gallery
STARTUP is the first museum exhibition dedicated to the microcomputer - the little machine that revolutionized the way we live, work and play. The gallery features one-of-a-kind artifacts, video and interactive displays, including “Rise of the Machines” - an immersive multimedia theatre experience.
In the STARTUP Gallery
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Icons

The ubiquitous signposts of personal computing.
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The Internet: A Triumph of Software

The Internet has brought us together, for better or worse.
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What do You Think?

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Open to the public 11.18.06





Did You Know?
The price tag on IBM’s System/360 was $5 billion, over 20 times the company’s annual profit.
STARTUP: Albuquerque and the Personal Computer Revolution was conceived and generously funded
by Paul G. Allen and Jo Allen Patton. Additional support for the gallery was provided by the
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Microsoft, and the New Mexico Museum of Natural History Foundation.
Opening events and programs were funded by presenting sponsor Intel and sponsor Bank of America.