The National Museum of Computing

Loved this place and actually preferred it to the more famous Bletchley Park museum, which is next door. Having worked with ICL 1900 and 2900 main frames it was great to see them again after 49 years. Also enjoyed seeing Collosus and Pheonix. Seems such a pity its not in a more accommodating building as I'm sure there's much more that the centre has to offer. Would I return, yes and would I recommend, yes.

If you wanna learn how some ingenious people cracked the Nazi’s communications during the Second World War, this place is incredible. There are also plenty of stuff from after that period, staff is very friendly and knowledgeable. I will go back, I didn’t have the time to see everything in an afternoon!

Had a fantastic family day out. The staff are so knowledgeable and keen to share their insights Tommy Flowrs and Alan Turings work is on display and working albeit recreated. I didn't understand the half of the maths but could really appreciate the great minds needed to create these computational wonders.

A really fantastic and fascinating day out. Most of the computer work and there's plenty of opportunity to speak to the people who know them inside out and maintain them. There's also a good selection of the WW2 code breaking machinery. Plus STEM projects and coding for the kids. A real gem.

Really enjoyed the site. Very enthusiastic people talking about and demonstrating the equipment. The more modern tech, amazing how much of it was so familiar.

The staffs are very knowledgeable and provide a few 30-minute explainer sessions on topics involving Enigma machine, Bombe, Tunny code system, and more. There are a few rooms and some corridors showing those very old computers, and you can see some black and white screens, screens with big green texts, and computer screens with only 16 basic colours. You can see devices/computers including really old Apple computers, old IBM computers, old Compaq computers, old model Ericsson/Nodia phones, floppy disks, disk readers, joy sticks, electronic circuits. Xerox, NEC, etc are just some old brands in electronic devices / phones that you can see. A large box of computer is labelled with Portable Computer. Some of the old computers are not simply for show. The museum made them available for visitors to play retro games (such as Pacman) on them. At the end of the tour, there is a small cafe / gift shop area.

Genuinely amazing collection showing the history of computing from it's Inception to the modern day. Huge number of retro computers to directly interact with including games from the 8 and 16 bit eras. Knowledgeable experts in every area, happy to chat through any exhibit or computer