National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park

Block H,
Bletchley Park
Bletchley
Buckinghamshire
MK3 6EB
England

Website

www.tnmoc.org.uk

E-mail

info@tnmoc.org

Telephone

Enquiries

07799 437314

01908 645001

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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The National Museum of Computing is located on the site of the British code breaking facility during WWII. Bletchley Park was also the home of GCHQ for many years prior to its relocation to Cheltenham. The world's first programmable electronic computer (Colossus) was used at Bletchley Park to help shorten the time taken to break German codes. The machine remained a secret until the 1970s and all oiginals were destroyed on the orders of Winston Churchill. The Computer Museum aims to show the progression from Colossus to computers of the present day.

Venue Type:

Museum

 Opening hours

Thursday and Saturday afternoons from 1pm.
Colossus is open for viewing most days.

Closed: Please refer to the main Bletchley Park web site at www.bletchleypark.org.uk for any seasonal closures.

 Admission charges

Please refer to Bletchley Park for entry fees to the main site. Entry to the Computer Museum, once on site, is free.

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Guided tours
  • Information point provided
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Cafeteria
  • Gardens open to public
  • Parking for coaches
  • Picnic area
  • Refreshments
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Events and resources for children and families
  • Baby changing facilities
 Disability access
  • Touch exhibits
  • Parking for disabled available
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to all public areas
  • Wheelchair access to some public areas
 Schools services and facilities
  • Direct teaching services for schools
  • Primary school education service available
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
  • Reception and lunch facilities for educational groups
 Research and adult learning
  • Academic publications and resources available
  • Adult lectures and courses held
 Commercial and hire services
  • Facilities for private functions and events

Additional info

The facilties listed are part of the main Bletchley Park site and not specific to the Computer Museum. We are able to offer tailored programmes for educational, corporate or spcial interest groups upon request.

Block H,
Bletchley Park
Bletchley
Buckinghamshire
MK3 6EB
England

Website

www.tnmoc.org.uk

E-mail

info@tnmoc.org

Telephone

Enquiries

07799 437314

01908 645001

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

The collection is 90% hands on. We have examples of most of the popular home computers such as the Sinclair Spectrum, Commodore and BBC Micro. We also have a large selection of business machines, a couple of working DEC minicomputers (one from Blacknest, the Goverment seismic activity monitoring station) and a 1960's Elliott 803 mainframe also working (sometimes!!).

The machines are loaded with a variety of business software, games and programming languages, most of which are ready for you to have a go.

Collection details

Industry, Science and Technology, Social History, Weapons and War

Key artists and exhibits

  • One of the most important items in the collection is an Apple Lisa. This was the first commercial machine to use a graphical interface, it was released in 1984 and pre-dates Windows.

Collections services

  • General guide to collections available
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

Block H,
Bletchley Park
Bletchley
Buckinghamshire
MK3 6EB
England

Website

www.tnmoc.org.uk

E-mail

info@tnmoc.org

Telephone

Enquiries

07799 437314

01908 645001

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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