The Centre for Computing History

An amazing experience! After seeing the centre in various Tom Scott videos, I had to come see it for myself.

There's plenty of older machines and consoles to try out, but much more impressive is the large museum area. It's somewhat hidden down a corridor but actually makes up most of the space, and features an excellent combination of information and interactivity.

As a programmer I really appreciated the new light I saw some things in, and my non technical partner enjoyed it at least as much as I did! Definitely worth a visit at any age.

A fantastic way to experience retro computers and gaming. They have a fantastic array of machines setup ready to use, with helpful people always there ready to talk about any system you wish. I think it was really useful to let my eldest boy try his hand out at programming basic, to then understand the pain of getting one character wrong and invalidating the program!

Loved that the exhibits were hands on and not stuck behind glass cabinets like other museums. The centre has all the iconic devices from computing history. Really enjoyed being able to interact and actually type and load programmes.

This place is a must if you are into tech & video games. The display is simply awesome: it ranges from the early days of computing up to these days. The staff at the reception is friendly and kind. It's worth a visit.

A little spot in an industrial area, we were not expecting much. Add to that the not insignificant cost of entrance; we nearly decided not to go. In a hasty decision we went ahead anyway and it turned out to be a great party of our day.
There's a lot of really old computers, which are well maintained and can be interested with. There's also a large number of old gaming devices, arcade games and computer software games that you have full access to use.
The highlight for our kids was the 70's office replica, we couldn't get them out of there!
It's like going to the games arcade without the flashing likes and noise plus you only pay for entrance... there's no limit to the number of games you play or the time you spend on them.
Total unexpected winner!

This place is amazing. The staff and volunteers are really helpful. Spent a good 1 1/2 looking around and could have spent longer. Lots of hands on computers to try. Highly recommended! Thank you for a great visit.

Great Day out with the teenagers.
So interactive and took me back to my childhood games and school days.
Only £7 for the youngsters and £10 for me. We were there for about 4 hours so quite the bargain. The little shop has lots of fun things to buy and the snack place did a very nice mug of tea for only £1.50
A rarity for Cambridge they had free parking for visitors.

A small museum with quite a few retro games that you can play on retro devices. Nice to visit with or without kids of various ages, it is interactive. There is a nice collection of historic devices and the history of computing is presented interactively and lightly. It was not busy at all even though we visited on the weekend. It would be great to see it get larger and get more guided activities for children when the volumes of the visitors allow it.