Museum of Computing

The Museum of Computing "Museum of Computing" is dedicated to preserving and displaying examples of early computers. It was the first UK museum dedicated to the history of computing, and opened in Swindon in February 2003 [1].

It aims to preserve the history of computing, to be used as a valuable educational resource and as an information repository for historians, collectors and the media, and to illustrate this history in an entertaining way.

The Museum includes working machines and interactive activities. The exhibitions have included the very popular Pong to Playstation exhibition "Historic computer games go on show", BBC

The exhibition "Calculators from the Abacus to the Microchip" [2], was launched by Sir Clive Sinclair in March 2006.

In April 2007 the Museum was honoured by a visit from HRH Duke of Kent [3], patron of the British Computer Society.

The Museum is a not-for-profit organisation, run by volunteers.