We hate 2020!

Just when we thought 2020 couldn't get any worse! We were about to re-open after many months of being closed but then disaster struck when a mains water pipe burst and flooded much of the ground floor of the museum.
Sadly re-opening has now been postponed. Read More >>>

No visitors, no workshops, no events, no school visits... no income. We know that things are tough for everyone right now, but if you can afford to help us through these tough times please donate what you can.

There's over 36,000 exhibits here! That should keep you occupied for a bit - get searching!

Or come and get involved on our social media channels ...

Thank you.

Dates In History

1969 [Detail]

1969	Honeywell releases the H316 "Kitchen Computer",
1969	Intel announces a 1 kilobit RAM chip
1st May	AMD Advanced Micro Devices is founded
July 1969	First flight to Moon of Apollo XI with Raytheon Apollo Guidance Computer
16th October	DEC PDP-15 Introduced
16th October	ICL 1906A trebles power at Chilton Atlas Lab
23rd October	National Giro is one year old
29th October	ARPANET launch the world's first successful packet-switched wide area computer network
20th November	IBM introduces Call 360 Time Sharing into Britain
11th December	General Electric announce the GE 655 £1.25 million
18th December	Plessey buys out Ferranti's numerical Control Interests