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 Magazine That Changed the World

Personal computing’s most famous magazine cover, featuring the Altair 8800.
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What do You Think?

Can you imagine life without computers?

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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?
Teletype machines, adopted for used as computer terminals in the 1960s, were the fax machines of their day.
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.