Groups from schools and colleges are very welcome to The National Museum of Computing and we want you to get the most from your visit. We will try to accommodate your choice of activity when you visit, depending upon the availability of resources and volunteer staff.
Most groups visiting The National Museum of Computing make a tour booking.
They will be escorted around the Museum by a volunteer, visiting all or most of the exhibits and therefore better understand the story of the development of computing over time. The tour booking includes optional short presentations (time permitting) and you can find out more about those here.
Your tour booking may also include an opportunity to see exhibits at Bletchley Park, time permitting.
We encourage groups to prepare for their visit and have a focus for their exploration. If you wish to provide your group with tasks to perform at each exhibit or to address them yourself, we are happy to accommodate you. Please let us know of your arrangements so we can adjust times accordingly.
We encourage students to bring a camera to collect images to help them present what they have found once they have returned to school or college. Alternatively students can add their images to the TNMOC Flickr account here.
Some groups may wish to make a workshop booking, which may include a partial tour but is mainly based on a practical workshop. We aim to develop more of these as a choice for our visiting groups and you can find out more here.