Smart Machines

Client

Boston Computer Museum

Project description

In 1987, The Computer Museum opened the 4,000-square-foot Smart Machines exhibit, its largest at the time. The exhibit’s theme spoke directly to Michael’s early fascination with computers and the team was “determined to convey to our visitors the tremendous sophistication of the human mind and body, as well as some of the difficulties scientists face in their attempts to replicate even the simplest of human activities.”

Oliver Strimpel, Executive Director at the time, recounts hiring Michael in the Summer/Fall 1987 TCM Report: “We hired the office of Michael Sand, Inc., to design the exhibit. They transformed our ideas into a floor plan and a physical display system and also provided ideas for making the exhibit more inviting.” The images in this series capture the effort to get the space ready for launch: “Indeed, almost every member of the Museum staff and Michael Sand’s office joined in the construction effort.”