UvA Computer Museum |
1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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Address |
University of Amsterdam
Science Park 904 |
Floor area | unfortunately not known yet |
Opening times
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The collection will be shown and demonstrated on written request (by email). Maximum group size is 10; duration of the guided tour 1 to 2 hours. During the weekends and on public holidays the museum is closed. | ||||||||
Status from 07/2016
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Free entry. | ||||||||
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Homepage | ub.fnwi.uva.nl/computermuseum |
Location / Directions |
By bus: lines 40, 240 (stop Science Park Aqua). By train – Station Amsterdam Science Park. By car: from Amsterdam center drive along the Middenweg, away from the Tropenmuseum, turn left into Kruislaan when you see the second green space of "De Nieuwe Ooster" cemetery at the Middenweg into the Kruislaan. Drive for about 1 kilometer; pass under the railway track to reach the UVA Science Park. The Nikhef building will be on your right. Arriving from the ring A10, take an exit S113 and drive direction the city centre, take 4th cross street to you right into the Kruislaan, after you have passed the cemetery on your left, and continue to the UVA Science Park. |
Description | Texture from 12/2011 science.uva.nl/museum: "The Computer Museum was established in 1991. The emphasis of its collection is on technical and scientific electronic computing equipment, illustrating the progress in computer technology and its use from World War II to the present day. In order to show how scientific computing was done in the pre-computer era, the collection includes mechanical, electromechanical and electronic calculators, slide rules and table-books. Accounting machines, home and game computers are beyond the scope of this museum, except when serving the stated purpose. Many of the machines are in working order, equipped with original system and application software and fully documented. Using the original peripheral devices, we are able to read data from media like punched cards, papertape, and a variety of outdated magnetic storage media. Usually these data are transfered to CD-ROM, however we can also make copies to similar media in most cases." The Computer Museum is one of the Special Collections of the University of Amsterdam. |
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