Intel Museum

Love visiting the museum. It’s so nice and clean very nerdy and fun. My daughter loves hanging out. There’s so much to do for everyone in every age. We love using the computer to take pictures and emails ourselves.

Free parking, free entry and free tour if you request it in advance. My boyfriend and I had an awesome time because everything was so underwhelming as other fellow Unilocaler has posted. You can be there an hour and spend a good time also at the adjacent gift shop. Everything is maintained super clean, modern, interactive and didactic. They have a kids room for demo activities. You can also take a pic and send a postcard to yourself via email, which is pretty cool. We loved learning where the silicon comes from… basically sand is the raw material and they form cylindrical ingots that they cut in thin disks. Super interesting even if you are not into tech. The saw a tour that was there the same Saturday we went and join them even though we were not part of the group. The guide did an awesome job. Thanks for this great free for all ages entertainment.

For a free museum, this is pretty decent. The museum is small and will take about an hour or so to go through everything.
There are a few interactive & hands on stations, and plenty of technology to look it (the chips).
I wouldn’t recommend for anyone to make a special trip just for the Intel Museum, but it was enjoyable and I don’t regret coming here. If you have some time to check it out and you’re in the area, it’s a nice place.

WOW! After finding the entrance, I can’t believe what a great time we had. Though I lived through most of the 1^st section. As we progressed slowly through it yada yada yada… we learned things we didn’t know (what else would you learn?) It got interactive, we agreed that we loved it, we left laughing our buns off. Beautiful day with my daughter!

The museum is pretty small and quite underwhelming. I’ve done work in semiconductor fab and I know a little about computer chips, and there are so so many ways that this museum should have been more interesting whether from the history perspective or a technology one.
That said I do commend the attempt by a big corp to accommodate visitors. I wish the other big tech companies would do this kind of thing.

Fun to learn geeky stuff! Who you callin’ a geek? Intel inside. This is what Silicon Valley is all about! Tech energy is incredibly strong here! Cool stuff.

Unless you are a huge Intel fan or are looking for the history of the company, I wouldn’t really recommend coming here. Pretty small museum that I found to be pretty boring. It would definitely bore younger kids and it wasn’t worth the drive. Unless you absolutely love Intel and want to learn about the company then I don’t really see a point in coming here.

There are history about the company but was not worth the drive. Not a place to brings kids when they don’t understand it. Not for age group 4 – 9

I run a Bay Area day camp and this is absolutely my favorite place to take kids for a field trip. The classes they teach to my group are incredibly engaging and educational. Our teacher/​guide was Sara and I can’t stress enough how good she is at her job. She is great is kids and if I were running a school i would probably try to snipe her! The museum itself is interesting and has plenty to offer for children and adults. Despite being quite a drive, the Intel museum is an amazing place for groups of children.

I was surprised that Intel have their own mini museum. Plenty of entertaining and facts to read. You will learn something new! I learned something new. They also have their own cinema which is kinda cool. It’s huge and loud! Try it, you will like it!
Make sure you have your student ID with you to get a discount. It’s an additional savings.

Although i am not an Intel Fanboy… i found this small museum that is focused on Intel history and Chip mfg in general is great.
High tech manufacturing (especially chip manufacturing) is very complex (unlike software coding) and the museum does a great job breaking down the process and making it fun to learn or relearn the process
This is a. good one hour stop when in Silicon Valley… surprised I had never stopped in during hundreds of work trips up here in the past.

We did a free guided tour with Drew Jones. it was 5 stars! Not only does the intel museum have free visitor parking, it is free visitor parking. The place is interactive and if the guided tours are all like the one Drew gave, theyre informational, instructive, approachable and funny. Definitely worth a visit!

This place is a called a museum for very good reason. If you want to learn the entire history of PC all the way since the Microsoft/​Intel (Wintel) dominant era, come here and take a look at the amazing technology. Right in front of the museum, there is also a huge, gigantic Intel sign, where lots of tourists often take group photos. I highly recommend a visit if you visit Bay Area. You might as well enjoy the tech scene and absorb a bit of the technology passion in the area.

Small but interesting museum highlighting Intel’s role in the semiconductor industry. Too bad not all of their exhibits worked…

Very disappointing and disrespectful to people who took time to drive there. Intel is free to change the museum working hours without notice: according to intel website they close at 6pm, upon arrival we found a door note that informed visitors about 4:30 closing, but in reality we were ushered out at 2:30 (2 min after arrival) because of some scheduled private event later that evening.
Is there a computer literate employee in Intel who can post a little prior notice on museum website?

Got some friends from out of town? Make a quick appointment online and take them out to see a little Silicon Valley magic. It’s an easy way to kill about half an hour plus it’s off their bucket list!

Nice little museum in silicon valley. As most folks have said its free so if your expecting something similar to the tech museum, you’ve come to wrong place.
Although its a small museum, its a great museum that shows the history of Intel from the beginning up to what there doing today. If you stop at every section and check out what they have, you’ll probably spend an hr to 2 hours here.
I think who would enjoy this place the most are people working in the semiconductor industry as well as children. They go into great detail about how a chip is made… Starting from the silicon to the design all the way to end product. As for the kids, it’ll be fun for them because its pretty interactive.
When your finished there’s a small gift shop for really big Intel fans. Definitely worth checking out for folks interested in Silicon Valley.

Free museum, friendly staff and fun/​niter active exhibits. Definitely a quick stop for those in the area with an interest in technology and Intel’s contribution over the years.
They also have a little shop to grab that Intel swag we all desire. Check out the clearance section for some deals too!
Only downside is that it is really small. I was in and out in probably a half hour. Otherwise, a nice stop that should be at all the Silicon Valley staples.

It’s a very small space and I’m not sure if you need to pay as I went here for an event. It’s cute and lots of reading if you really want to read up on the history of chips. Probably not so fun for kids, but if you’re a fan of Intel, then this is the place to be! AND you can stock up on Intel swag.

FREE museum. I give kudos to them for having one. All the major companies in Silicon Valley shoudl have a museum or visitor’s center.
Still, with that said, I was expecting more.
This museum is not visitor friendly.
Font is small and not reader friendly. Even as a engineer, I could not understand the jargon.
The touch screen interfaces are slow, and you could barely hear the volume on the videos.
They have a summer schedule of classes for kids. That looked cool
They do have tours but you have to request for them.