Intel Museum

{{short description|Computer museum in Santa Clara, California}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox museum

| name = Intel Museum

| image = Intel_Museum_15.JPG

| alt = Interior view of museum, with open space and exhibits

| caption =

| coordinates = {{coord|37|23|15|N|121|57|49|W}}

| established = 1992

| location = Santa Clara, California, US

| map_type = USA California

| website = http://www.intel.com/museum

}}

The Intel Museum located at Intel's headquarters in Santa Clara, California, United States, has exhibits of Intel's products and history as well as semiconductor technology in general.{{cite web

|title = Technology Museums

|work = SJLibrary.org

|publisher = City of San Jose and San Jose State University

|url = http://www.sjlibrary.org/research/web/iguide_subjectList.htm?t=192&catID=680

|access-date = 2008-12-21

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100613020933/http://sjlibrary.org/research/web/iguide_subjectList.htm?t=192&catID=680

|archive-date = 2010-06-13

|url-status = dead

}}{{cite web

| title = Trips That Teach

| work = The Wave Magazine

| publisher = The Wave Media

| url = http://www.thewavemag.com/pagegen.php?articleid=26774&pagename=article

| access-date = 2008-12-21 }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} The museum is open weekdays except holidays. It is open to the public with free admission.{{cite web

| title = Intel Museum FAQ

| publisher = Intel Corporation

| url = http://www.intel.com/museum/faq.htm

| access-date = 2008-04-24 }}

The museum was started in the early 1980s as an internal project at Intel to record its history. It opened to the public in February 13, 1992,Intel Corporation, "Coming Attractions: Intel's Museum Looks To The Past And The Future", Microcomputer Solutions, May/June 1992, page 6 later being expanded in 1999 to triple its size and add a store. It has exhibits about how semiconductor chip technology works, both as self-paced exhibits and by reservation as grade-school educational programs.{{cite web

| title = Press Kit: The Intel Museum at a Glance

| publisher = Intel Corporation

| url = http://www.intel.com/museum/newsroom/press_kit/pr_009.htm

| access-date = 2008-04-24 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080127121331/http://www.intel.com/museum/newsroom/press_kit/pr_009.htm |archive-date = 2008-01-27}}