Space, IT, & Communications
GRAND OPENING
November 7
Ribbon cutting: 10 AM - 10:30 AM
Museum opening: 10:30 AM - 2 PM | FREE
Join us at the David Monroe Education Center
5035 SW 36th St, San Antonio, TX, 78226
On the campus of Port San Antonio
Plan Your Visit
Admission:
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Adults: $18
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Seniors 65+: $12
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Military & Veterans: $12
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Students: $8
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Children 6 and under: Free
Hours:
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Thursday: 12 PM - 5 PM
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Friday: 10 AM - 5 PM
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Saturday: 10 AM - 5 PM
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Sunday-Wednesday: CLOSED
Holidays: Closed on Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years Day
Location: 5035 SW 36th St., San Antonio, TX 78226
Parking: Free
Contact Us: (210) 800-3110 | Email Here
FOR GROUPS OF MORE THAN 10 PEOPLE
Please let us know you’re coming. Email or call us!
Your notice will help us coordinate with other events scheduled in the SAMSAT Techtopia™ Musem.
SAMSAT will soon reach a milestone, bringing David Monroe's telephone, space, computing, communications, and data processing collection to our community and to the students we serve.
Our Exhibits
Examples of what you’ll see at the
SAMSAT Techtopia™ Museum.
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Moon Mission
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History of Telephones
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History of Texting & Communications
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Punchcards & Data Processing
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Early Computing
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Datapoint Corporation Exhibit
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Early PCs & Game Room
Moon Mission
Train like an astronaut on the T-34C flight simulator, do a "health check" before launch, and learn how computers enable spaceflight.
History of Telephones
See the evolution of telephones, from early rotary models to modern smartphones.
History of Texting
& Communications
Explore how human communication changed of time, from smoke signals to Voice Over Internet.
Punchcards & Data Processing
Trace the evolution of data processing, from punchcards to electomechanical systems that proceeded the computer age.
Datapoint Corporation Exhibit
Learn how San Antonio's Datapoint Corporation became a pioneer of personal computing.
Early Computing
See inventions that have helped humans compute, from the Abacus to very early personal computers.
Early PCs &
Game Room
See early computers and play on some of the first video game consoles.
Interactive Experiences
// Take quizzes
// Play early video games
// Watch the Datapoint film
// Calculate with a Slide Rule
// Clear astronauts for launch
// Make a call on an old phone
// Create a signal flag message
// Fly the T-34C flight simulator
// Calculate with Napier's Bone
// See your voice as a waveform
// Try a 1980s Datapoing video call
// Run the RC3 Electromechanical Computer