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What used to require a variety of machines or physical stuff—from handheld calculators or a Rolodex of contacts to sending facsimiles of images or text—can now be done on a smartphone. Analog City: NYC B.C. (Before Computers) uncovers the array of tools, technologies, and lost professions that supported New York City as it exploded into a global metropolis in the pre-digital era. Journey back to this bygone era and visit the exhibition to try your hand at typing on a working typewriter, picking up (and hanging up) a rotary phone, or searching for titles in a card catalog.
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Start your evening off at our midcentury happy hour featuring dirty martinis. Then settle in for The Apartment (1960) the Oscar Award-winning rom-com starring Jack Lemmon. Introduced by NYC design curator Donald Albrecht.
What is a typewriter, a rotary phone, or a microfiche viewer? How do they work? During the holidays, we invite adults and kids alike to enjoy a guided Group Experience of Analog City, and learn about the once-cutting-edge tools and technologies New Yorkers used daily. Get your Analog City Passport fully stamped as you interact with these devices from the past!
STORY The Washington Business Institute Analog technologies created new job opportunities, but many individuals couldn’t access them without a fight. At WBI more than 5,000 women learned the skills needed to join the workforce.
STORY From Photographs to Fingerprints How did city administrations record, store, and keep track of the identities of millions of residents who lived in New York City before digitization and computers?
DIGITAL DOWNLOAD Download the Bloomberg Connects Appto your phone or mobile device to experience the Museum from anywhere. ThisFREE digital guide features our exhibitions, collection items, behind-the-scenes looks at some of our favorite objects, and more.
Shop our selection of memo pads, pens, paper planners, and more items that highlight how we kept track of things in a pre-digital age. Plus, subway tokens and other vintage designs mark products of a bygone era.
Thursdays at PAMM: Floating Films with Ballyhoo Media featuring The Holiday
Thursday, December 22 6pm
Cozy up for a Miami winter evening on Pérez Art Museum Miami's (PAMM) beach for our Floating Films Series in collaboration with Ballyhoo Boats! Get into the seasonal spirit with a classic holiday rom-com, The Holiday.
In The Holiday, two women—one (Cameron Diaz) from America and one (Kate Winslet) from Britain—swap homes for winter holiday after bad breakups with their boyfriends. Each woman finds romance with a local man (Jude Law, Jack Black) but realizes that the imminent return home may end the relationship.
The film will be screened from the water and guests are welcome to bring lawn chairs and blankets. Food and drinks will be available for purchase.
5–8pm Happy Hour at Verde
5–6:30pm Live Music by Backroom Sessions featuring Marcelo Camacho