Author: Museum of Computing
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👻 Halloween Byte Night
Get ready for BYTE NIGHT!!! Join us for a night of Halloween-themed retro gaming at the Museum of Computing in the Swindon town centre. Enjoy this fun retro gaming event with high score challenge and additional consoles not normally available to play in the museum. A free gaming wrist band is included on arrival. All…
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📺 RetroFest UK 2025
The Museum of Computing is proud to be an official partner and will have a stand at RetroFest, the UK’s largest festival of retro computing, this weekend at the Swindon STEAM museum. Saturday May 31st – Sunday June 1st, 10am to 5pm. You’ll see a huge range of computers from the 70s, 80s and 90s…
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🕹️ Museum open on more days this week!
This week our brilliant work experience students are being given the keys to the museum and will be in charge all week! Thanks to the students the museum will be open more days this week from 9.30am to 5pm: and Saturday the 22nd as usual. With all the retro games and displays of computing history,…
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🎮 Bristol Video Games Expo 2025
The Museum of Computing will be running a stand at the Bristol Video Games Expo on Saturday March 1st 2025 from 11am to 5pm. Come visit our stand and say hello! You can purchase tickets here: https://BristolVGE25.eventbrite.co.uk Location: Hengrove Park Leisure Centre, Hengrove Promenade Bristol, BS14 0DE For more information and tickets head to https://www.BristolVGE.com
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🤖 Festival of Tomorrow 2025
We’re pleased to announce that the Museum of Computing will be back at the Festival of Tomorrow on the Friday the 21st and Saturday the 22nd of February 2025. We will be running our own stand with hands-on items for you to enjoy. The Festival of Tomorrow is an action packed exploration of the wonders…
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🌐 Stay Connected with Us
Follow us on social media to stay updated, inspired, and in the know. We’ve recently created accounts on Bluesky and Threads so you’ve got lots of choice for getting your Museum of Computing updates. Here’s where you can find us: Facebook Instagram YouTube Bluesky Threads X / Twitter TikTok
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🎩 Visit from the Mayor of Swindon
We recently had a visit to the museum from the mayor of Swindon, Councillor Imtiyaz Shaikh and some young STEM students. He had the following to day about the visit: “A marvellous morning spent visiting the Museum of Computing over the weekend. If you’re looking for something fun during the holidays it is an amazing…
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👾 Retro Gaming Evening – 21st June
Get ready to travel back in time and relive the nostalgia of classic video games at our Retro Gaming Evening! Join us for a fun-filled evening of gaming, where you can play iconic games from the past on original consoles. Whether you’re a seasoned gamer or new to retro gaming, this event is perfect for…
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📅 June 2024 opening dates and times
For the month of June 2024 the museum will be open on the following dates and times: Friday 14th – 10am to 4pmSaturday 15th – 9:30am to 5pmSunday 16th – 10am to 4pm Friday 21st – 10am to 4pmSaturday 22nd – 9:30am to 5pmSunday 23rd – 10am to 4pm Saturday 29th – 9:30am to 5pm…
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📻 BBC Radio Wiltshire visit
On Friday the 22nd of March we were delighted to have the lovely Karen Gardner visit our museum for a live outside broadcast for Ben Prater’s Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Wiltshire. You can listen to the full broadcast on BBC Sounds. The segment about the museum of computing starts about 1 hour 19 minutes…