The Centre for Computing History

@computinghistory.org.uk

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The Centre for Computing History is much more than a museum. Based in Cambridge, it hosts hands-on exhibitions, a wide range of activities and events, has a small shop and runs a learning programme.

A woman in a pink jumper sits behind a table holding a signed BBC Micro. On the table in front of her is a variety of Made in Cambridge computers, including from top left to bottom right; Acorn Communicator, Camputers Lynx, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, a Jupiter Ace, and a Sinclair ZX80.
Volunteers and attendees working with vintage computers and floppy drives during the Copy That Floppy event.
A densely patched modular synthesiser setup covered in colourful patch cables connecting multiple Eurorack modukes and vintage synthesis equipment. A tangle of red, blue, yellow, green and purple cables spans the workstation, while speakers, headphones and additional modules surround the system.
A man standing with a thumbs up pose in front of a presentation slide mounted on the wall, titled Bare Metal AGC, surrounded by a variety of tech exhibits.
A white man in a blue T-shirt sits at a display of vintage Acorn computers, using a beige desktop workstation with a CRT monitor.
A woman’s hand holding an original Nintendo Game Boy in front of retro arcade games.
A Thomson TO7/70 with the screen displaying game over
A group of white men laughing and chatting infront of tables displaying a variety of computers.