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 Tech Model Railroad Club

Hacker culture originated among members of the model railroad club at MIT.
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Open to the public 11.18.06

Today's Artifact
Apple II

Apple II

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Did You Know?
The first disk drive, introduced in 1956, consisted of 50 aluminum disks, each 24 inches in diameter, and held about 5 megabytes, enough for one or two mp3 songs.
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.