At the Heart of the Work:
The Electronic Computer at Carnegie Mellon

Exhibit by Mary Catharine Johnsen
Spring 2019

In 1956, Carnegie Institute of Technology received its first computer: an IBM 650. In the 63 years since the Computation Center opened in the GSIA building, the computer has changed Carnegie Mellon and Carnegie Mellon has changed the computer. Utilizing materials from the University Libraries Special Collections and the University Archives, this exhibit displays photographs, equipment and artifacts from the history of computing at CMU.

_{Image: University Archives}