Computer History Museum
A museum in Mountain View, in the heart of Silicon Valley, telling the story of computing and the information age. Its collection of machines and artefacts traces how the region's inventions changed the way the world works and lives.
- Where
- Mountain View, California, United States
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 37.4144, -122.0770
Get the Computer History Museum stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Computer History Museum. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your California volume with your photos and a note.
Near Computer History Museum
Apple Park 11 km
The headquarters of Apple in Cupertino, a single ring shaped building around a wooded park, which staff began moving into in 2017. The campus itself is closed to the public, but its visitor centre across the road has a rooftop terrace and a model of the whole site.
Gurdwara Sahib Fremont 20 km
A Sikh house of worship in Fremont that serves the whole San Francisco Bay Area, from Marin and Solano to Santa Clara. It counts among the most influential gurdwaras anywhere, and runs summer Gurmat camps for young Sikhs alongside its daily prayers and langar.
Painted Ladies 51 km
A row of Victorian houses facing Alamo Square, painted in three or more colours to pick out their carved trim. The name for San Francisco's brightly repainted Victorians dates from 1978, and this row, with the downtown skyline behind it, is the one on the postcards.
Lombard Street 53 km
One steep block of a long San Francisco street, on Russian Hill, that twists through eight hairpin bends between flowerbeds. Billed as the crookedest street in the world, it draws a steady stream of cars inching down and people photographing them from the bottom.
Pier 39 53 km
A pier on the San Francisco waterfront turned into shops, restaurants, street performers and a two storey carousel, with the Aquarium of the Bay alongside. Its real draw is the California sea lions that haul out in noisy heaps on the floating docks of its marina.
Golden Gate Park 53 km
San Francisco's largest park, 412 hectares stretching west to the Pacific between the Richmond and Sunset districts. Among its meadows and old growth woods sit the Japanese Tea Garden, the Conservatory of Flowers and the de Young museum.
Fisherman's Wharf 53 km
The old fishing port on San Francisco's northern waterfront, where seafood stands, sourdough bakeries and souvenir shops have taken over from most of the fishing boats. Crab still steams at the pavement stalls, and the Aquatic Park historic district sits at its western end.
Palace of Fine Arts 54 km
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Questions
Where is Computer History Museum?
Computer History Museum is in Mountain View, California, United States. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Apple Park (11 km), Gurdwara Sahib Fremont (20 km), Painted Ladies (51 km).
How do I get the Computer History Museum stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Computer History Museum and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your California volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Computer History Museum before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your California volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
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