I didn't realize they weren't "open" before!

This place is super cool. We showed up late for the Difference Engine demonstration, but the volunteer re-ran it just for us.

The collection in impressive, lots of cool stuff to look at ("We went to the moon with _that_??").

I went here last year (the article's title confused me; didn't realize it didn't have regular hours until now) and was extremely impressed by the collection.

Plenty of enormous machines to marvel at, and plenty of smaller examples I once used to have at home or work that I got all nostalgic about.

Definitely a cool place to check out if you're visiting the area.

Yeah, i was shocked, double checked the dates. I've been to the computer history museum several times over the years. Always at events, but still. I just assumed it'd been open for a long time.

A donation from the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation! I'm glad Bill doesn't forget his roots.

I visited last year, definitely worth a visit if you're in the area. The Babbage engine reconstruction and the PARC stuff I especially found neat. Not to mention the nostalgia of seeing your first TRS-80 Model I (or whatever your first was).

Yeah. I visited the museum in May 2010 and it was open then. I recall that one portion was closed for renovation or something but there was still plenty to see. The Babbage engine was the star of the show.

I went to an open-house for this new exhibit. I can't recommend it highly-enough... the collection is amazing, and the displays they've built around some of the pieces are just as much so. Definite +1.

Re-opens.

Is this museum starting the tour off with a simple, "old" video game with a custom joystick?

If I recall correctly the tour begins with an abacus.

Huh? SFGate is a little slow on the uptake. The museum has been open for many years now. I was there two years ago.

Parts of it have been closed for at least months - last time I went there wasn't much to see and the staff told us they were renovating.

From reading the article I found out that while it's been open since 2002, it never had regular hours or anything.