Computer and Communications Museum of Ireland
Small university museum in Galway tracing communication and computing technology, from early radios and telephones to vintage computers and arcade games.
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Om museet
The Computer and Communications Museum of Ireland was founded in 2010 and is housed at the University of Galway, on the first floor of the Insight Centre for Data Analytics in the IDA Business Park at Dangan. It collects and shows historical computing machines and communication devices, and it presents itself as a place for technology heritage and education.
The displays follow how technology changed over the decades. Visitors can see early radios, rotary dial telephones, typewriters and well-known computers such as the DEC PDP-11 and the Apple II, as well as a hands-on area with classic video games like Space Invaders and Pac-Man.
The museum also works with schools and businesses and aims to encourage young people to consider careers in science and engineering. It regularly asks the public for stories and objects from Galway's computing industry in the 1970s and 1980s, and it has received donations such as a piece of an early transatlantic cable.
Højdepunkter
- Early radios and rotary dial telephones
- Historic computers including a DEC PDP-11 and an Apple II
- Hands-on classic video games such as Space Invaders and Pac-Man
- Material from Galway's computing industry of the 1970s and 1980s
- Piece of early transatlantic cable
- Grundlagt
- 2010
Entrépriser & rabatter
Museet har ikke offentliggjort oplysninger om dette.
Tilgængelighed
- Kørestolsvenlig
- Elevator
- Handicaptoilet: ingen oplysninger
- Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
- Servicehunde tilladt: ingen oplysninger
- Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
- Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
- Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
- Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger
The museum is on the first floor and can be reached by lift.
Børn og familie
Velegnet til børn og familier
- Interaktive stationer
The university describes the museum as popular with young and old; the arcade games can be played.
Transport & parkering
The museum is on the first floor of the Insight Centre for Data Analytics in the IDA Business Park at Dangan, on the University of Galway's north campus.
Planlæg ruteService & spisesteder
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Arrangementer & udlejning
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| Tilbud til skoler | ja |
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| Godt at vide | Schools and businesses can book pre-arranged visits through the curator, Brendan Smith. |


