The UK's first Computer Museum with over 80 years of computers, games consoles, calculators, and lots of hands-on exhibits. Located in Swindon Town Centre.
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Open every Saturday, our museum is a great place for the whole family to experience computing and gaming as it used to be with our classic computers 🖥️ and video games consoles! 🕹️
Saturday - 9:30am to 5pm
Adult £7 Child £4 Family £17
#Swindon #computer #retrogaming #museum
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The Museum of Computing was founded in 2003 and has been 100% run by volunteers for over 23 years!
Volunteers make possible so many things which enrich communities the world over.
#Volunteersweek #RetroFest2026 #RetroFest
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Open every Saturday, our museum is a great place for the whole family to experience computing and gaming as it used to be with our classic computers 🖥️ and video games consoles! 🕹️
Saturday - 9:30am to 5pm
Adult £7 Child £4 Family £17
#Swindon #computer #retrogaming #museum
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Open every Saturday, our museum is a great place for the whole family to experience computing and gaming as it used to be with our classic computers 🖥️ and video games consoles! 🕹️
Saturday - 9:30am to 5pm
Adult £7 Child £4 Family £17
#Swindon #computer #retrogaming #museum
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It’s 1983, you’re 8, and the teacher wheels in the BBC Model B trolley. Nothing better!
Granny’s Garden: Simple by today’s standards, yet it captivated UK school children as their first taste of microcomputers 🧙♀️😃. Play it on a real BBC Micro at the Museum of Computing #swindon
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Open every Saturday, our museum is a great place for the whole family to experience computing and gaming as it used to be with our classic computers 🖥️ and video games consoles! 🕹️
Saturday - 9:30am to 5pm
Adult £7 Child £4 Family £17
#Swindon #computer #retrogaming #museum
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In the UK, 1980s home computers typically loaded software from audio cassettes, but did you know software sometimes came on records? These ‘flexi discs’ were given away on magazine covers. They were cheap to manufacture and more convenient to distribute than bulky cassettes.
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Open every Saturday, our museum is a great place for the whole family to experience computing and gaming as it used to be with our classic computers 🖥️ and video games consoles! 🕹️
Saturday - 9:30am to 5pm
Adult £7 Child £4 Family £17
#Swindon #computer #retrogaming #museum
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ZX81 BASIC had a ‘PRINT AT’ command for displaying characters at given coordinates. The ‘PLOT’ command would place a pixel (64x44 resolution). The PRINT’N’PLOTTER JOTTER was a special notepad that allowed screen layouts to be planned out on paper. Did you use one back in the day?
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These table-top and handheld games brought the arcade experience home (or into your pocket). Do you spot an old favourite?
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Open every Saturday, our museum is a great place for the whole family to experience computing and gaming as it used to be with our classic computers 🖥️ and video games consoles! 🕹️
Saturday - 9:30am to 5pm
Adult £7 Child £4 Family £17
#Swindon #computer #retrogaming #museum
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It's Saturday and we are open! Enjoy entertainment and education for the whole family! Lots to see and experience with our great range of classic computers and retro games consoles!
Saturday - 9:30am to 5pm
Adult £7 Child £4 Family £17
#Swindon #computer #retrogaming #museum
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