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"F24 Greenpower Racing Ninigret Park, Monday May 13, 2024"

Ninigret Park : 8:00AM- 3:00pm

The Rhode Island Computer Museum (RICM) in partnership with Greenpower USA will host its second Greenpower Electric Car Challenge.  The Greenpower Challenge is a hands-on STEM project that encourages students to explore aspects of design and teamwork.  This project will give students the opportunity to connect with peers, technical faculty, and a mentor from the RI Computer Museum to build and customize a formula-24 car kit as a real-world exploration of STEM careers. (www.F24greenpower.org)

Dan Berman - RICM Director

Rhode Island Computer Museum

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The past causes the present, and so the future….

Why do we save old Computers?

Computer History helps us understand change and how the society we live in came to be.

Three reasons to save old computers and study Computer History:


Retro Game Night!

        June 26st,  6:00PM - 9:00PM


Rhode Island Computer Museum’s (RICM) is hosting A Retro Game Night June 26, 2021 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.  Adults who grew up during the golden age of video games should be prepared to take a trip down memory lane.  

Open Games on at 6 PM / Games off at 9 PM / over 18 Age / Suggested Donation $10 

Our "Computer Crypt" is jam-packed with amazing technological artifacts, and we are dedicated to bringing these bits and bytes of history to light for people. You can contact us to schedule a tour, and we also loan our artifacts to filmmakers. You can see our vintage tech in "Hidden Figures," "Maniac," "Halt and Catch Fire," "The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry",  and many other productions.

Our crypt's artifacts inspire artists, as well as vintage tech buffs. You'll find pieces from an art project by writer/artist Kimberly Elliott on this site, and in the slideshow above you'll see three fabulous little sculptures of birds by Ann Smith (find her on etsy). Ann spends her days making little robot-like sculptures from broken electronics and machine parts (including some from the recycling bins of our Computer Crypt!). Her sculptures are sold in galleries and museums throughout the U.S., and are used as illustrations for publications. She has received local and international press from Wired, Make Magazine, PBS Boston, DPI Magazine in Taiwan, Architectural Digest (Germany), and many others.

Kind Words for RICM from "Donna Clark"

We're big fans of actress Kerry Bishé from "Halt and Catch Fire," and it turns out the feeling is mutual! Thanks, Kerry!

Computer History Stories

Check out some of the stories behind the items in our Computer Crypt and collections in Computer History Stories From Around the States.

Learning Lab Tours

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CALL US: (401) 741-6997

Geek out at our Learning Lab! Visit the Learning Lab website to see what's happening and learn about our workshops. Call us or e-mail us if you want to join our community of coders, makers, and tinkerers as a student, volunteer, or curious explorer of all things tech.

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(Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress)