The National Museum of Computing - Milton Keynes

Ondra V

It's a separate entity from the park, but after visiting the park, I paid£9 which is still good price. The place is in two wings. The left has an exhibition full of calculators and the very first computers, which is amazing to see, they even such them on. While the right side has more modern computer which we don't see in every day life anymore, but still might be more familiar with. Few video games, XBOX kinect demonstration, rubric cube solving robot and a room dedicated to his story the Internet work. While I enjoyed the whole place, the right wing was more fun for me.

The Visitor

Absolutely splendid museum with friendly staff, loads to see (you won't get through it all in one visit), and some amazing historic models and intact sites (like Turing's own office) which are amazing to see

Sean Goodhart

My visit was a little special - I was handing over my collection of DEC hardware to be added to the museum collection. I've been to the museum several times and like that the exhibitions change over time, so one gets to see different things. The staff and volunteers are very knowledgeable - and enjoy chatting about their - and visitor's - experiences with computing and IT.

Omkar Joshi

I liked the museum for the following reasons:
1. A pretty good explanation of a British Bombe. It's fascinating to see the reconstruction.
2. They have several huge machines(computers) starting from 1950s, including a reconstruction of ESDAC.
3. The staff is enthusiastic and helpful.
4. Value for money.
5. They have aplenty gaming computers from yesteryears, also interesting timeline diagrams e.g. programming language.

Possible improvements:
1. Expand the boutique to include more classic books about the cryptography.
2. Include a film/detailed video-audio guide about the technical aspects of bombe(how menu was created, what exact caused the machine to stop when a possible solution was found and so on. While the guides there did a fantastic job, it still leaves aplenty technical questions unanswered.

I highly recommended this museum, in fact, it one is interested only in learning the bombe's technical aspects, the Bletchley Park can be skipped.

This museum has a separate ticket and entrance, even though it located within the Bletchley Park.

Steve Long

Fabulous day out to see the work of Bletchley Park during WW2. Informative, interactive, peaceful, and you're able to explore at your own pace.

Catherine Smith

At Bletchley, I was told this small museum is volunteer run so it has limited opening days (be sure to check the schedule in advance — we almost came from London on a day it was closed) but it is really well done! I was only going because my partner is a programmer and this was where he wanted to go. While a lot of it is difficult to understand, the volunteers gave fascinating and informative presentations about the Turing Bombe and Colossus. They did a great job of trying to help visitors grasp these huge concepts.

I wish the place was better funded because we got so much more out of this visit than we did learning about the topic at Bletchley Park. It’s definitely worth taking the time to pop in there before going to Bletchley!

Steve Arnott

What a fantastic place and a fantastic day out. If you want to learn a lot then you will needs a few visits and buying a ticket gets you in for free for a year. That is an absolute bargain. You get to support this superb heritage asset whilst getting to know and understand the achievements made here

David Taylor

What an amazing museum with stories that are of national importance. Apart from fascinating technology, what made my day was the enthusiasm of the guides and the stories they had to tell. I’ll be going back again in the New Year as there’s too much to take in in one visit.