Please help me find this 1980s IBM exhibit.
October 11, 2011 2:38 PM Subscribe
Does anyone remember the exhibit at the IBM building in NYC in the 1980s?
The 2nd floor of the IBM building at 590 Madison Avenue, at some time in the 1980s, contained an interactive exhibit about computers and technology. Does anyone know anything about this, or even recall it at all? It's driving me nuts! Thanks.
The 2nd floor of the IBM building at 590 Madison Avenue, at some time in the 1980s, contained an interactive exhibit about computers and technology. Does anyone know anything about this, or even recall it at all? It's driving me nuts! Thanks.
AT&T, not IBM. I know this because my dad did a lot of litigation for AT&T and got us some special tour of the exhibit.
posted by dfriedman at 3:32 PM on October 11, 2011
posted by dfriedman at 3:32 PM on October 11, 2011
As far as I can tell from years of research, the IBM building in New York may have been the last place the Wilbur Simultaneous Calculator was on display.
posted by nonane at 6:12 AM on October 12, 2011
posted by nonane at 6:12 AM on October 12, 2011
Response by poster: Great, thanks everyone! I knew I could count on you guys.
posted by sholdens12 at 9:35 PM on October 12, 2011
posted by sholdens12 at 9:35 PM on October 12, 2011
I was there (but for a different exhibit). Here's the cover of its brochure: What Modern Was from 1991.
posted by Rash at 10:25 PM on October 12, 2011
posted by Rash at 10:25 PM on October 12, 2011
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1993 NYT Article about the Gallery closing
A company that worked on the exhibits there (also see the linked Tom Nielsen review from this page)
posted by Perplexity at 2:43 PM on October 11, 2011 [1 favorite]