Embark on a journey through time. The technical wonders of the computer pioneers were complex worlds of relays, tubes, transistors or microchips - unusual, mysterious. They are testimonies to ingenuity and the art of engineering. The first large-scale computer systems were only accessible to a few experts, hidden away like treasure troves. Learn about the lives of these people, their dreams, worries and triumphs. The museum's exhibits, some of which are listed, represent the development of information technology from its beginnings to the year 2000. On 800 m² of exhibition space, you will wander through mechanical computing technology, past the first digital computing systems of a Konrad Zuse and their successors to the world of home and small computers. Miniaturisation and the explosion of performance are essential features of a development that changed our lives like few others. A 21st century scenography leads you through the ambience of a listed bunker: authentic - medial - fascinating.
Arrival by Car
The computer museum is located on the campus of the FH Kiel (Kiel University of Applied Sciences), Eichenbergskamp 8 in Kiel-Dietrichsdorf. Motorists follow the signs “Ostuferhafen”, later “Fachhochschule”. By public transport you can reach the museum either by busses No 11 and get out at the bus stop “Fachhochschule” or by the Schwentine ferry F3 and get out at the pier “Dietrichsdorfer Brücke”.
6,- €, reduced 4.50 €
The four-storey tower shelter from the Second World War has since been converted into a modern museum. Approximately 360 exhibits from the past decades of computer history are on display, beginning with Zuse KG’s electromechanical relay computer Z11 from 1958, which is now listed as a historical object.
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