Tag: SMITHSONIAN

Despite what Roger Ebert has said about video games not being art, The Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. will host an entire exhibition next year dedicated to the medium. 'The Art of Video Games,' which runs from March 16th, 2012 to September 9th, will feature interviews with several artists and developers, game footage spanning 40 years, a thorough history of gaming consoles, ...

With the final launch dates set for space shuttles Discovery and Endeavour, NASA's next job will be finding homes for these hulking, retired spacecrafts, and for the Atlantis and Enterprise, as well. According to The Wall Street Journal, about 21 institutions have asked NASA for the right to store and showcase one of the four remaining U.S. space shuttles. However, few of them can likely afford ...

Dell is officially history. No, no, no... the Texas-based computer manufacturer hasn't declared bankruptcy -- it's been inducted into the Smithsonian. Michael Dell has donated a small collection of items to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, including his employee badge, a current model PC and one of the first computers he ever sold in 1985 under the brand name PC Limited. ...