Museum of Computing

The UK's first Computer Museum with over 80 years+ of computers, games consoles, calculators, and lots of hands-on exhibits. Located in Swindon Town Centre.

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Open every Saturday, our museum is a great place for the whole family to experience computing and gaming as it used to be with our classic computers 🖥️ and video games consoles! 🕹️

Saturday - 9:30am to 5pm
Adult £7 Child £4 Family £17
#Swindon #computer #retrogaming #museum

[Museum of Computing @MuseumComputing]

It's Saturday and we are open! Enjoy entertainment and education for the whole family! Lots to see and experience with our great range of classic computers 🖥️ and retro games consoles! 🕹️

Saturday - 9:30am to 5pm
Adult £7 Child £4 Family £17
#Swindon #computer #museum

[Museum of Computing @MuseumComputing]

In 1982, Atari adopted the 2600 name to differentiate the original VCS from the newer 5200. Then the 70s-style case was replaced. First by an all-black look, unofficially termed the "Vader", then in 1986, by the sleek, futuristic wedge design of the "2600 Jnr".

#Museum #Atari

[Museum of Computing @MuseumComputing]

Open every Saturday, our museum is a great place for the whole family to experience computing and gaming as it used to be with our classic computers 🖥️ and video games consoles! 🕹️

Saturday - 9:30am to 5pm
Adult £7 Child £4 Family £17
#Swindon #computer #retrogaming #museum

[Museum of Computing @MuseumComputing]

As the Atari landed in millions of homes, cartridges gained extra memory with clever bank-switching techniques. Games could be bigger! ✨Programmers learned to change colours and shapes mid-line, so one “character” could become many🪄

#Museum #Atari #VCS #Swindon #1970s #2600

[Museum of Computing @MuseumComputing]

Open every Saturday, our museum is a great place for the whole family to experience computing and gaming as it used to be with our classic computers 🖥️ and video games consoles! 🕹️

Saturday - 9:30am to 5pm
Adult £7 Child £4 Family £17
#Swindon #computer #retrogaming #museum

[Museum of Computing @MuseumComputing]

The Atari VCS didn’t remember a full picture the way later consoles did. 📺 It had almost no memory — barely enough to jot down a short note 📝 — and a custom chip that had to draw the screen live as the TV’s electron beam swept across it, line by line.⚡

#Museum #Atari #Swindon

[Museum of Computing @MuseumComputing]

It's Saturday and we are open! Enjoy entertainment and education for the whole family! Lots to see and experience with our great range of classic computers 🖥️ and retro games consoles! 🕹️

Saturday - 9:30am to 5pm
Adult £7 Child £4 Family £17
#Swindon #computer #museum

[Museum of Computing @MuseumComputing]

Picture this. 🎄It’s Christmas 1978. An electronic box from the US lands in the living room. 📦 It's here in the UK! ✨

You plug the Atari VCS into the family television and suddenly you’re controlling what’s on screen. 📺🕹️

#Museum #Atari #VCS #Swindon #retro #1970s #nostalgia

[Museum of Computing @MuseumComputing]

It's Saturday and we are open! Enjoy entertainment and education for the whole family! Lots to see and experience with our great range of classic computers 🖥️ and retro games consoles! 🕹️

Saturday - 9:30am to 5pm
Adult £7 Child £4 Family £17
#Swindon #computer #museum

[Museum of Computing @MuseumComputing]

It's Saturday and we are open! Enjoy entertainment and education for the whole family! Lots to see and experience with our great range of classic computers 🖥️ and retro games consoles! 🕹️

Saturday - 9:30am to 5pm
Adult £7 Child £4 Family £17
#Swindon #computer #museum

[Museum of Computing @MuseumComputing]

🕹️ SNES: Reached Britain in 1992 with Mario and a pricey-but-faithful Street Fighter II.

The US got a sharper purple-grey shell -designer Lance Barr said the original looked like a “bag of bread” 🍞. Europe kept the Japanese curves.

US angles or Euro smoothness?

#SNES #Swindon

[Museum of Computing @MuseumComputing]

It's Saturday and we are open! Enjoy entertainment and education for the whole family! Lots to see and experience with our great range of classic computers 🖥️ and retro games consoles! 🕹️

Saturday - 9:30am to 5pm
Adult £7 Child £4 Family £17
#Swindon #computer #museum

[Museum of Computing @MuseumComputing]

Open every Saturday, our museum is a great place for the whole family to experience computing and gaming as it used to be with our classic computers 🖥️ and video games consoles! 🕹️

Saturday - 9:30am to 5pm
Adult £7 Child £4 Family £17
#Swindon #computer #retrogaming #museum

[Museum of Computing @MuseumComputing]

Open every Saturday, our museum is a great place for the whole family to experience computing and gaming as it used to be with our classic computers 🖥️ and video games consoles! 🕹️

Saturday - 9:30am to 5pm
Adult £7 Child £4 Family £17
#Swindon #computer #retrogaming #museum

[Museum of Computing @MuseumComputing]

Remember the Atari Lynx? In 1989 it felt almost like sci-fi 🚀

While everyone else fought over the family TV 📺, the Lynx let you take full-colour, 16-bit backlit gaming anywhere!

#AtariLynx #RetroGaming #HandheldGaming #GamingHistory #Swindon #Museum

[Museum of Computing @MuseumComputing]

Open every Saturday, our air-conditioned museum is a great place for the whole family to experience computing and gaming as it used to be with our classic computers 🖥️ and video games consoles! 🕹️

Saturday - 9:30am to 5pm
Adult £7 Child £4 Family £17
#Swindon #computer #museum

[Museum of Computing @MuseumComputing]

Chill out in the world of retro computing 🖥️ and gaming 🕹️ with our extensive collection of computers and games consoles, all ready for you to try in our air-conditioned gallery!

Saturday - 9:30am to 5pm
Adult £7 Child £4 Family £17
#Swindon #computer #museum

[Museum of Computing @MuseumComputing]

Open every Saturday, our air-conditioned museum is a great place for the whole family to experience computing and gaming as it used to be with our classic computers 🖥️ and video games consoles! 🕹️

Saturday - 9:30am to 5pm
Adult £7 Child £4 Family £17
#Swindon #computer #museum

[Museum of Computing @MuseumComputing]

Chill out in the world of retro computing 🖥️ and gaming 🕹️ with our extensive collection of computers and games consoles, all ready for you to try in our air-conditioned gallery!

Saturday - 9:30am to 5pm
Adult £7 Child £4 Family £17
#Swindon #computer #museum