While surfing through the Internet I came across lots of museum types. As different from each other as Art Museums, History Museums, Children's Museums, Botanical Gardens, Historic Houses, Historical Societies, Living History Sites, Military Museums, Science Museums, Natural History Museums, Special Interest Museums, University Museums, and not only.

One of the new types of museums that we have nowadays is the Museum of Computing. According to the museum’s official website, it is committed to the preservation and display of examples of early computers. This is a best way to exhibit past and present of the computers.

The Museum will reopen in July 2009 in Swindon town centre. According to the Museum of Computing, the volunteers are now hard at working transforming what was previously retail units into one of the most exciting and original venues in Swindon.

As the officialsite informs, the museum will be located at 6-7 Theatre Square, an section of the town that has been designated a cultural area in Swindons regeneration plan.

According to the SOURCEWIRE, museum founder Jeremy Holt, who campaigned for thirteen years to get the Museum of Computing off the ground in 2002, mentions that this new location is ideal because ‘Our last venue in the University of Bath was very difficult to get to without a car. The Council’s new offer puts the Museum in the heart of the town in a prominent place near bus routes. It will be good for the town because the collection of 2,500 items demonstrating Britain’s role in the advances of technology has attracted worldwide interest. We attract 2000 visitors a year from over forty different countries. Our new home means we can attract many more local visitors.’ He adds ‘We’re also delighted the three year lease means the Museum can apply for professional accreditation by the Museums and Libraries Association.’

Museum Curator Simon Webb (pictured on left) has a passion for gaming and says ‘Our Gaming exhibitions have been our most popular and we’ll be able to give the public what they want – entertainment and a trip down memory lane! 80% of the collection is in working order and the history of gaming can be traced back thirty years. We’ll be setting up championship league tables and are investigating the possibility of online competitions with other towns which should help put the town on the map’ (SourceWire.com).

Blue Click PR’s (Sponsor of the Museum of Computing) Managing Director, Rhona Jack says ‘When the Museum’s closure was announced last year, the website received over 56,000 hits in 48 hours as well as letters to the Times newspaper, so we know there are many ‘techies’ out there who care about the history they helped create. Many items have featured on BBC’s World Service, CNN, SKY TV, ITV, regional TV and radio stations and national newspaper features list the Museum of Computing in the top 25 places to visit in the country, so its good reputation is building. We were also delighted The Right Honourable, The Mayor of Swindon, Cllr Steve Wakefield handed over the keys to us on his last day of official engagements, as he has much to support the development of Swindon’s cultural heritage in his year in office.’


Sources:
http://www.museum-of-computing.org.uk/
http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=47892