The National Museum of ComputingThe National Museum of Computing is on the
Bletchley Park site but it's a separate attraction with its own entrance charge.
Check opening times before you go: the (reproduction) WWII Colossus is open every day but much of the museum,
which is staffed by volunteers, isn't.
Colossus was the world's first programmable electronic digital computer and was used to crack codes in the later stages of the war.
|next attraction|
As well as the WWII code-breaking machines, there's a working computer from the 1950s, an IBM 1130 from the 1960s
and hundreds of other machines large and small up to the present day - even a little robot that does the Rubik's Cube.
If you're interested in computers you could spend days here admiring the kit, playing computer games and chatting
to the enthusiasts. If you have any old
valves
in your attic
send them in
- Colossus needs them!
|map|
|more places to visit|
|
Copyright © M Harding Roberts
contact us
the national museum of computing
places to visit bletchley
places to visit milton keynes
places to visit oxford
places to visit aylesbury
places to visit buckingham
places to visit in buckinghamshire
Valves used in Colossus: EF36, EF37, EF37A, 6J5, 6V6, 6K8, 807, GT1C.