Voices of Old Technology - A Museum in the Making Perspectives on Our History Through Technology     About Voices of Old Technology

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The mission of Voices of Old Technology - A Museum in the Making is to enhance the educational experience at Queens College of the City University of New York (CUNY) through an interdisciplinary approach to the exploration of technology development.

To accomplish this, Voices of Old Technology collects, preserves, documents, displays and interprets selected technologies and related materials.  The collection emphasizes, but is not limited to, office and educational technology. Related items collected from Queens College and other CUNY sources highlight the history of the College and the University as well.

Voices of Old Technology programs have included exhibits, a panel discussion, and The Tech Muse newsletter columns and web sites.  Our first Tech Muse web site debuted in the Summer of Y2K /Summer 2000, and our first exhibit opened in Rosenthal Library in January 2001.  Following the philosophy of "When in Doubt, DON'T Throw it Out,"  our exhibits include discarded "old junk," which we hope encourages further understanding, thought and discussion.

Each exhibit has its own character, and the types of items displayed in each are partly a function of the exhibit space. Some of our recent exhibit catalogs are on the web at http://www.qc.edu/techexh . We have also posted there a list of all our exhibits, along with some of the publicity and reviews.  We will be posting more information and pictures soon.

We are especially grateful to friends

• in the QC Archives, Office of Information Technology, the Rosenthal Library, Office of Financial Aid Services, the American Studies Program, and in many other departments;
• at CUNY/CIS;

More About Us

Timeline

Queens College

• QC History and Publications
  

CUNY Tech History

• CUNY and BITNET (BITNET was a precursor to the internet for colleges and universities)
• CUNY History and CUNY Publications
  

Techmuse Columns (coming soon)

Sites for Current QC and CUNY Projects of Special Interest

• QC Oral History Project
• CUNY ACCESS Site - about Accessible Technology for People with Disabilities

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