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Museum History

The Intel Museum began as an effort to record and display Intel Corporation's own history, opening in celebration of the company's 15th anniversary in 1983. The early exhibits were not open to the public, but were intended for employees, their families, and customers.

The museum held its first public and "traveling" exhibit at the Triton Museum in Santa Clara, California in 1990. Intel's collection of original works by artist Patrick Nagel was displayed. Nagel became one of the most recognized artists of the 1980s due to the clean, uncluttered lines of his colorful images. From 1979 to 1982, the art he created for an Intel ad campaign, including approximately 60 Intel advertisements, gave the company and its products a distinctive leading-edge identity.

The current museum opened to the public in 1992, located at Intel's Robert Noyce Building in Santa Clara, California, and its role as a tourist destination and educational resource in Silicon Valley has steadily expanded. In 1999, the museum tripled in size and added a classroom and museum store filled with technology-themed educational items.

Today, the museum offers visitors the opportunity to learn about Intel's culture and manufacturing process, and experience the science and technology used in the ultra-clean, highly automated factories where Intel makes silicon chips—including putting on one of the specialized "bunny suits" similar to those worn by manufacturing technicians.

We encourage you to visit often as the museum's exhibits change to keep up with the rapid advancement of Intel's technology.

Learn more at www.intel.com/museum