I visited the (Henry) Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI this weekend - first time
in about a year. They had an interesting display on how technology affects
culture, starting out with books and magazines, running through radio and
television, up to personal computers in the 80's. They had a "typical
teenagers" room set up - complete with an Apple IIc, 9" screen, and
Imagewriter II. They also had an original Mac 128 or 512 behind glass, the
home Pong machine, and a selection of electronic games like Mattel Football,
the Tomy Tutor, the Wizard, and others. It was a neat display, if not a bit
limited in breadth.
The Ford used to have an awesome display of old telephone and telegraph
equipment, including a complete turn-of-the-last-century switchboard from a
small local exchange. They mothballed the whole thing, but the huge display
on aviation they replaced it with is pretty neat. They also had a large
antique steam engine operating on compressed air for a while. It's pretty
impressive seeing a 20' iron flywheel spinning using nothing but air.