Inspiring the young with the old – Bletchley Park

Some interesting comments from senior figures at IBM and PGP reported today following the announcement of a US$100,000 donation to the UK National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park. As I have looked at how computing history and computing museums might stimulate an interest in digital preservation issues, so this money has been donated in [...]

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Monash University Museum of Computing History

A visit to Monash’s University’s Caulfield campus, just a short train or tram ride away from central Melbourne. I’d asked to visit the Monash Museum of Computing History, which was established by the Faculty of Information Technology in 2000 as a resource for the study of computing history and to show how far information technology [...]

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Muse(um)-ings on Technology

As a gentle introduction to the serious business of my Fellowship, and whilst it still feels like I have left my brain behind somewhere, I’ve spent this afternoon at the Melbourne Museum. The visit was the result of a chance last-minute connection, but fitted into a theme I shall also be looking into at the [...]

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