Digital Retro Park Museum für digitale Kultur

Over het museum

The idea for a museum of digital culture in the Rhine-Main region was developed jointly by the Erster Hanauer Netzwerkclub, the association For Amusement Only and TecMuMas. From 2011 they staged traveling exhibitions, for example in Seligenstadt and, in 2013, for three months at the Industriemuseum Großauheim; later shows included one marking the anniversary of the Commodore 64 at the Flipper- und Arcademuseum Seligenstadt and an Atari exhibition in Offenbach. After an unsuccessful search for a location in Hanau and the Offenbach district, the group focused on the city of Offenbach, where the nonprofit association Digital Retro Park e.V. was founded in early 2014.

On October 13, 2018, the museum opened on about 200 square meters on the second floor of the Walter-Passage in Offenbach's pedestrian zone. The project had previously won an award in the Aventis Foundation's "kulturMut" crowdfunding initiative. The association's volunteers still run and staff the museum today.

The concept deliberately favors trying things out over display cases: around 40 working devices from different eras of computer history may be used, spread across three permanent exhibitions and one changing special exhibition. The aim is to make the basics of digital technology understandable to people of all ages – and especially to schools. The adjoining Commons Café hosts talks, workshops, developer talks and group gaming afternoons.

Hoogtepunten

• Around 40 working computers and consoles to try out
• Three permanent exhibitions and one changing special exhibition
• Commons Café with talks, workshops and developer talks
• Volunteer-run association museum since 2018

Opgericht

2018

Beheerder

Digital Retro Park e.V.

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Toegankelijkheid

• Deels rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift
• Aangepast toilet: geen informatie
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats: geen informatie
• Hulphonden welkom
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

The museum is on the second floor and is normally reached only by an indoor staircase. There is a non-public elevator for wheelchair users – please announce your visit in advance via the contact form. The courtyard of the Walter-Passage is step-free only from Frankfurter Straße.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Doe- en voelstations

The devices are explicitly meant to be touched and used; the museum is aimed at all age groups. Children under 14 only with an adult, under 6 free. Strollers are allowed, but access is via a staircase.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

The museum is barely visible from outside: access via the courtyard of the Walter-Passage – step-free from Frankfurter Straße, via a few steps from Hugenottenplatz. The entrance door is in the courtyard, then up the stairs to the second floor.

Service & horeca

• Garderobe

Storage for coats and bags. Eating and drinking are allowed in the Commons Café on the second floor, which serves mainly as a space for workshops and events.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd – vraag het rechtstreeks na bij het museum.

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