Notes from the Museum

Wanted: Learning Guides

18 May 2017

We are looking to expand our pool of dedicated learning guides to deliver our highly popular schools programme. The role is weekdays during term time, but there are no set or guaranteed hours each week.

John Cane, Colossus engineer, 1924-2017

5 April 2017

Having worked at Dollis Hill on Colossus, John Cane moved to Bletchley Park to keep those top-secret computers running during the war. Here is the tribute from his family and his first public interview in 2014.

Review of Jerry Roberts' Lorenz

4 April 2017

A review of Jerry Robert's autobiography Lorenz, his story of working in the Testery, a group of linguists who broke Hitler's most secret cipher, Lorenz, by hand.

Bill Thompson on BBC Make IT Digital

9 March 2017

Last month Bill Thompson came to the Museum to talk about the BBC Make IT Digital initiative. His talk has been much acclaimed and, thanks to David Allen, here's the video.

A message from America

1 March 2017

You wouldn't really call me a fan-boy or a typical hero-worshipper, says Dave Anders. You won't find lots of selfie or any pictures of me with with famous people.... except this one.

Who has been programming longest?

21 February 2017

A few years ago, we asked: who is the longest serving programmer? We had several claims and another this week from Richard Ansorge, Emeritus Senior Lecturer, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge.

Micro:bit at Bytes

20 February 2017

A short video of the micro:bit day at the Bytes Festival on Thursday 16 February 2017. Lots of fun had by everyone, young and old(er).

George goes on tour

8 February 2017

Our favourite robot, George, has started his world tour. He left the Museum in November last year and had his first gig at the Science Museum premiere last night. He had that Andy Warhol look about him,

Our Tour Guides

17 January 2017

Tours of seven decades are very popular and in Wednesday, a new tour time starts on Wednesday afternoons. Here are the people who will guide you through history.

The WITCH-E Project

10 January 2017

A good friend of the Museum, who lives in the USA, is creating an virtual version. Here is Dave Anders outline of the ongoing project and a video of his most recent progress.

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