The National Museum of Computing

The National Museum of Computing is a UK-based museum that is dedicated to collecting and restoring historic computer systems, and is home to the world's largest collection of working historic computers. The museum is located on Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. It opened in 2007 in Block H – the first purpose-built computer centre in the world, having housed six of the ten Colossus computers that were in use at the end of World War II.

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National Museum of Computing
independent museum, charitable organization, computer museum, United Kingdom, 

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  Someries Castle ⓘ
  fortified manor house in Hyde, Bedfordshire, England, UK  

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  Berkhamsted Castle ⓘ
  castle in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK  

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  Bedford Castle ⓘ
  castle in Bedfordshire, England, UK  

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  Whipsnade Tree Cathedral ⓘ
  Garden in Bedfordshire, England, UK

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  Ascott House ⓘ
  historic house and National Trust site in Buckinghamshire, England, UK

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  Canal Museum, Stoke Bruerne ⓘ
  museum in Northamptonshire, England, UK

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  Claydon House ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom

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  Cowper and Newton Museum ⓘ
  museum in Olney, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

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  Leighton Buzzard Light Railway ⓘ
  preserved narrow gauge railway in Bedfordshire

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  Long Crendon Courthouse ⓘ
  15th-century building in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

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  Milton Keynes Museum ⓘ
  museum in Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom

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  Stowe House ⓘ
  country house located in Stowe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

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  Tring Local History Museum ⓘ
  local history museum in Tring, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

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  Turvey Abbey ⓘ
  UK historic house museum

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  Waddesdon Manor ⓘ
  Grade I listed country house in Buckinghamshire, England, UK

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  Woburn Abbey ⓘ
  occupying the east of the village of Woburn, Bedfordshire, England, is a country house, the family seat of the Duke of Bedford

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  Moot Hall ⓘ
  building in Elstow, Bedfordshire, England, UK

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  Bletchley Park ⓘ
  park in the United Kingdom  

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  Northampton Museum and Art Gallery ⓘ
  museum in Northampton, England, UK

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  Natural History Museum at Tring ⓘ
  museum under the control of the Natural History Museum in the UK

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  78 Derngate - The Charles Rennie Mackintosh House ⓘ
  UK historic house museum

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  Wardown Park Museum ⓘ
  local museum in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK

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  Whipsnade Zoo ⓘ
  zoo near Dunstable in Bedfordshire, England

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  Bedfordshire And Hertfordshire Regiment Museum ⓘ
  museum in Luton, England, UK

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  The Higgins Bedford ⓘ
  art gallery and museum in Bedford, England, United Kingdom

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  Stockwood Discovery Centre ⓘ
  museum in Luton, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom

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  Military Intelligence Museum ⓘ
  military museum in Bedfordshire, United Kingdom

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  Pitstone Green Museum ⓘ
  museum in Leighton Buzzard, England, United Kingdom

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  Buckinghamshire Railway Centre ⓘ
  operational railway museum

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  Woburn Safari Park ⓘ
  safari park located in Woburn, Bedfordshire, England

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  Woburn Heritage Centre ⓘ
  museum in Woburn, England, United Kingdom

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  Buckingham Old Gaol ⓘ
  Historic building in Buckingham, England, United Kingdom

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  Old Gaol Museum Buckingham ⓘ
  museum in Buckingham, England, UK

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  Roald Dahl Children's Gallery ⓘ
  Children's museum in Aylesbury, England

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  Haddenham Museum ⓘ
  private, Local History and Rural Life Museum in Buckinghamshire, England

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  John Bunyan Museum and Library ⓘ
  biographical museum in England, United Kingdom

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  Trenchard Museum ⓘ
  military Museum in Buckinghamshire, England

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  Glenn Miller Museum ⓘ
  museum in Clapham, England, UK

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  Badminton Museum ⓘ
  museum in Milton Keynes, England, UK

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  Piddington Roman Villa Museum ⓘ
  museum in Piddington, England, United Kingdom

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  The National Museum of Computing ⓘ
  museum in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom  

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  Panacea Museum ⓘ
  museum in Bedford, United Kingdom

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  Ridgmont Station Heritage Centre ⓘ
  museum in Ridgmont, England, UK

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  National Paralympic Heritage Centre ⓘ
  sports museum in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

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  National Film and Sci-Fi Museum ⓘ
  museum in Milton Keynes, England, UK

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1966 Military Intelligence Museum

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1996 Roald Dahl Children's Gallery

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1998 Haddenham Museum

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1998 John Bunyan Museum and Library

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1999 Trenchard Museum

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2002 Glenn Miller Museum

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2003 Badminton Museum

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2004 Piddington Roman Villa Museum

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2012 Panacea Museum

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2014 Ridgmont Station Heritage Centre

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2019 National Paralympic Heritage Centre

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2021 National Film and Sci-Fi Museum

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The entrance of the National Museum of Computing, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

IBM PC

Colossus 'set total' switch panel

Link380z computer

MerlinTonto

DAI Personal Computer

Jupiter Ace 4000 (Museum Swindon)

inclair ZX Spectrum and its peripherals photographed at the National Museum of Computing, Bletchley, UK

Colossus computer parts (2190330688)

Computer advertising (2190364758)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
site	castle		Someries Castle	ruins, fortified manor house	Wikidata
site	castle	1066	Berkhamsted Castle	ruins, motte-and-bailey castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1100	Bedford Castle	motte-and-bailey castle, archaeological site	Wikidata
site	garden		Whipsnade Tree Cathedral	war memorial, garden	Wikidata
site	museum		Ascott House	historic house museum, English country house	Wikidata
site	museum		Canal Museum, Stoke Bruerne	independent museum, museum building, transport museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Claydon House	English country house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Cowper and Newton Museum	local museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Leighton Buzzard Light Railway	heritage railway, narrow-gauge railway	Wikidata
site	museum		Long Crendon Courthouse	historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Milton Keynes Museum	local museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Stowe House	English country house, school building, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Tring Local History Museum	local museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Turvey Abbey	English country house, historic house museum, nunnery	Wikidata
site	museum		Waddesdon Manor	English country house, historic house museum, history museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1101	Woburn Abbey	English country house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1500	Moot Hall	house, market hall, historic house museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1877	Bletchley Park	tourist attraction, English country house, historic house museum, military museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1884	Northampton Museum and Art Gallery	art gallery, local museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1889	Natural History Museum at Tring	natural history museum, national museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1917	78 Derngate - The Charles Rennie Mackintosh House	terrace house, historic house museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1930	Wardown Park Museum	local museum, independent museum, historic house	Wikidata
site	museum	1931	Whipsnade Zoo	zoo	Wikidata
site	museum	1947	Bedfordshire And Hertfordshire Regiment Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1949	The Higgins Bedford	local museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1954	Stockwood Discovery Centre	local museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1966	Military Intelligence Museum	military museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1967	Pitstone Green Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1969	Buckinghamshire Railway Centre	independent museum, railway museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1970	Woburn Safari Park	zoo	Wikidata
site	museum	1984	Woburn Heritage Centre	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1993	Buckingham Old Gaol	building, prison, local museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1993	Old Gaol Museum Buckingham	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1996	Roald Dahl Children's Gallery	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1998	Haddenham Museum	local museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1998	John Bunyan Museum and Library	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1999	Trenchard Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2002	Glenn Miller Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2003	Badminton Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2004	Piddington Roman Villa Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2007	The National Museum of Computing	charitable organization, computer museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2012	Panacea Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2014	Ridgmont Station Heritage Centre	heritage center	Wikidata
site	museum	2019	National Paralympic Heritage Centre	museum, heritage center	Wikidata
site	museum	2021	National Film and Sci-Fi Museum	museum	Wikidata
commons	image		The entrance of the National Museum of Computing, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom		Commons
commons	image		IBM PC		Commons
commons	image		Colossus 'set total' switch panel		Commons
commons	image		Link380z computer		Commons
commons	image		MerlinTonto		Commons
commons	image		DAI Personal Computer		Commons
commons	image		Jupiter Ace 4000 (Museum Swindon)		Commons
commons	image		inclair ZX Spectrum and its peripherals photographed at the National Museum of Computing, Bletchley, UK		Commons
commons	image		Colossus computer parts (2190330688)		Commons
commons	image		Computer advertising (2190364758)		Commons