Visited 7th march 2015.Fantastic place. My father worked in computing in the 60's+ and went on to be project manager for the spacelab project. Great to see the machines he used to fondly? Talk about. I was introduced to computers in the mid 70's and it was great to see the large kit and be reminded of my first visit to 'dads work'Colossus is a marvel. The chap that did the tour was great (12 o clock tour)Fantastic visit for any age.
Again very knowledgeable staff who made the experience very interesting and not at all boring.Made me realise what clever men and women were around at that time. Liked everything about the Museum.
I got here very late and could not see the whole museum, but just seeing how primitive this machine is and realising how the scientists worked to develop the first computers is fascinating. Those guys really do deserve medals!
Pleased to find that this is an enthusiast museum, a proper museum of things: informative, nostalgic, and well staffed too with the right sort of folks to make this the real deal.Thanks to those who have kept this going, kept it viable.I for one hope this museum maintains its clear purpose and matching style.
Went in this afternoon late on and enjoyed a quick wander round.The lady who explained how the cyphers were decoded was fascinating.It was worth it to listen to her alone.
We arrived rather early so the main museum wasn't yet open but we had a chance to have a bit of a talk from a very passionate and knowledgeable tour guide who then moved us onto the Colossus exhibition and explained how everything worked as well as expertly answering our questions!The staff were lovely and the museum was interesting, I got caught up playing on all the retro games which was a fantastic touch.An enjoyable couple of hours.
Brilliant day out for all ages, learn about the history of computers, have a play on some of the first machines and move through the decades upto the x box etc. Fabulous day out.
A large group of us were given a fantastic, riveting, tour by the staff (mainly volunteers, remember!); some of us didn't work in IT and I saw no eyes glazing over.TNMOC is All of Computing, whereas the rest of the Bletchley Park site concentrates on the war years, but TNMOC seems to have some of the most interesting exhibits.I made a couple of videos (linked here), but you really, really need to visit to experience the sheer content of this place.Colossus: http://youtu.be/8Leeu5rZgVA Harwell Dekatron (WITCH): http://youtu.be/ByBkK_i9k3E
This is a brilliant museum. Full of interesting computers from throughout the ages. The guides are full of passion, and sure know their stuff. If you are a geek, this will be heaven, if you are not a geek, then you will still like it.
What a trip down memory lane for me and an eye opener for a teenage son who can beleive "we called that a computer game"