On Saturday 12th and 19th of March, the Museum of Computing let visitors explore communication methods from the past. Featuring tin-can telephones, morse code, semaphore and much more, it will be a hands-on event for visitors of all ages.
We tested how far we could communicate with tin-can telephones, and even discovered how to make them work around corners!
The Museum of Computing will be holding a games programming night. Remember the 1980's when the Sinclair Spectrum and Commodore 64 were deadly rivals? This was a time when anybody with a talent for programming could write cool games in their bedroom and make a million!
No programming experience is needed, our resident experts will guide you through the process of creating your dream game.
Dress code : Pyjamas please but other nerdy evening wear is acceptable.
Suitable for
Any age
Where
The Museum of Computing, 6-7 Theatre Square, Swindon SN1 1QN
Admission
Admission is £6 which will include the staple diet of programmers everywhere, pizza and cola.#
Booking
Pre-booking is required for this event, please contact
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On Sunday 13th March, the Swindon Film Festival will be showing two classic films at the Swindon Dance Theatre (Swindon Town Hall):
Anybody purchasing tickets for either of these two classic films will get free entry into the museum on the Sunday from 14:00 - 19:15 where they will be able to try their hand at some Tron inspired video games.
On Saturday 11th December 2010, we combined the two things we really love, LEGO® and computer gaming!
The highlight of the day was making a giant mosaic of Super Mario from nearly 9000 LEGO tiles! We had an incredibly busy day with people helping to make the mosaic and also guess the number of white tiles used. As well as this, there were a chance to make your own games characters from LEGO bricks and a Mindstorms Robotics programming workshop. Some of the LEGO computer games we played included Indiana Jones, Star Wars and LEGO Racers.
It was such a successful event that we are planning to make this an annual event, it´s going to be bigger and better next year!
