The IEEE Archives is a relatively small (approximately 15 cubic meters) collection of documents and other archival material that documents the history of IEEE and its predecessor organizations AIEE and IRE, with some of its collections posted on the Engineering and Technology History Network.The IEEE History Center offers tours of the archives to interested individuals, and as of July, has given tours to 59 individuals in 2025.

The IEEE Global Museum program seeks to preserve key artifacts related to the history of technology and make them available for display to a wide audience. To this end, the History Center is establishing collaborations with local and national museums, private collectors, universities, corporations, and other organizations to curate traveling exhibits, from a single treasured artifact to a full collection, and install them at technology museums or IEEE conferences, facilities, and events around the world. “How Far Can You Go? Edwin Howard Armstrong and the Birth of Our Wireless World” is the pilot exhibit of the Global Museum program. The exhibit made its debut at the IEEE Board Series held at the Sheraton Hotel Times Square in New York City...

The IEEE History Program supports the training of the next generation of historians of electrotechnology. The IEEE Life Members' Fellowship in Electrical History supports either one year of full-time graduate work in the history of electrical science and technology at a college or university of recognized standing or up to one year of post-doctoral research. The Pugh Young Scholar in Residence provides graduate students in the history of electrical and computer technologies gain research experience working alongside the staff of the IEEE History Center. It is intended for future historians and is not suitable for engineering students unless there is a strong history component to their studies. George Borg was the 2025 Pugh Visiting Scholar. Michelle Spektor is the 2025-2026...

The IEEE History Center publishes both the IEEE History Center Newsletter and books published by IEEE History Press, and provides editorial support for history content for Proceedings of the IEEE, IEEE Spectrum, and IEEE-USA InSight. The Newsletter is published three times per year and reports on the activities of the IEEE History Committee, the IEEE History Center, and on new resources and projects in electrical history. Through Amazon.com, IEEE History Press publishes both hard copy and Kindle editions of original works concerning the history of electrotechnology. Recent articles include "Train Phones, Telegraphs, and Other Mobile Communications...Before There Were Mobile Phones", IEEE-USA InSight, August 2025.

REACH is an educational program that Raises Educational Awareness through the Conduit of History. It provides teachers and students with educational resources that explore the relationship between technology and engineering history, and the complex relationships they have with society, politics, economics, and culture. All the program’s resources are available via the REACH website and meet both the United States and International education standards. These standards include, in the U.S., the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) C3 (College, Career, and Civics) standards and the Social Studies Common Core standards, in addition to the Next Generation Science Standards. They also meet the International Technology and Engineering Educators Associations’ (ITEEA) Standards for Technology and Engineering Literacy or STEL.

Since 1968, the IEEE History Center’s Oral History program has conducted over 900 oral history interviews with leaders and innovators within IEEE’s fields of interest, and trained hundreds of IEEE volunteers to conduct such interviews. Such planned and recorded interviews preserve the voices, memories and perspectives of people in history while generating and preserving historically interesting and original information. Many IEEE technical societies conduct their own oral history programs that focus on their society’s field of interest. The History Center’s Oral History program places particular emphasis on recording the recollections of IEEE Medal of Honor and other major award recipients, former IEEE presidents, IEEE Fellows, and senior IEEE leaders and staff members.

This year to date, the IEEE Board of Directors have approved 17 Milestone proposals, and 12 dedications have taken place. A list of planned dedications can be found at: https://ieeemilestones.ethw.org/Milestones_Status_Report#Planned and the full list of all dedicated milestones can be found at: https://ethw.org/Milestones:List_of_Milestones#Milestones_By_Year_Dedicated_And_Region So far in 2024, 14 Milestones have been dedicated in five Regions: three in Region 1 (Semiconductor Laser, Radar Beacon System, and 193-nm Photolithography); three in Region 10 (Australia’s Deep Space Station 43, Japan’s Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors, and South Korea’s CDMA Commercialization); six in Region 6 (TCP Protocol/Internet, 802 Standards Committee, Birth of Google, Alto personal computer, Laser Printer, and Ethernet); Region 8 (Cavity Magnetron in the UK); and Region 2 (the Compiler and COBOL). The History Committee has...

ETHW is the Engineering and Technology History Wiki, a partnership between the United Engineering Foundation, and the AIAA, AIChE, AIME, ASHRAE, ASCE, ASME, IEEE, SPE and SWE. In 2025, content added to the ETHW includes: 21 articles, 11 oral histories, 8 first-hand histories, one personal narrative, 638 files (images and pdf documents).

During the past year, IEEE Canada has published a special issue of IEEE Canadian Review on the History of Technology, held a special session on the History of Technology at the 2024 IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE) in Kingston, Ontario, and had an IEEE Milestone on Cobalt-60 Radiation Therapy for Cancer Treatment approved. IEEE Canada also added a History of Science and Technology track to the IEEE Canadian Journal on Electrical and Computer Engineering, committed to hold a History of Technology session at IEEE CCECE 2025 in Vancouver in May 2025, and signed an agreement with IEEE Region 8 to host IEEE Histelcon in Canada in 2027.

The IEEE Photonics Society is actively celebrating its 60th Anniversary throughout 2025, showcasing six decades of innovation, growth, and leadership in photonics—beginning with our roots in quantum electronics. A digital timeline has been launched on the Society’s website to highlight historical milestones, leadership transitions, major publications, and advances in light-based technologies from the 1960s to the present day. Explore the timeline: https://ieeephotonics.org/about/60-years