Retro Computer Museum

Retro Computer Museum The Retro Computer (and Console) Museum Our charity registration no. is 1146912. We also offer Retro Gaming Birthday Parties for any age group - young or old!
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The Retro Computer Museum in Leicestershire, UK

The Retro Computer Museum is a registered charity dedicated to the benefit of the public for the preservation, display and public experience of computer and console systems from the 1960's onwards. Our main focus is on systems that were in use in the home and schools rather than big computer systems and mainframes of early computer development. We h

ave systems ranging from the early Pong consoles through to the Sega and Nintendo console wars and the home computers of the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64s and Amigas. Our aim is to provide Retro Gaming and Computing events and access to retro computer equipment for educational visits and tours. The Retro Computer Museum has held many Retro Gaming events of its own to date, including partnership events with Snibston Discovery Museum. The Retro Computer Museum has also made appearances at the 2010 Vintage Computer Festival at Bletchley Park, Abbey Pumping Station Hobbies and Pastimes Day, BBC Radio Leicester for the Sparks Childrens Charity and participating in the 2010 EuroCon event in Manchester with a
line-up of British computers. The Retro Computer Museum relies mainly on donations from its members and visitors. We have had over 200 systems donated as part of our collection, along with numerous books, software titles, peripherals, magazines and brochures etc. We appreciate any and all donations, no matter how small. We also accept broken machines and peripherals as these can be used to repair existing systems. Please contact us if you feel you have something we may be interested in.

Some progress on 'The Yard' for you all - especially you lovely lot that donated towards its creation ... thank you all.
18/05/2026

Some progress on 'The Yard' for you all - especially you lovely lot that donated towards its creation ... thank you all.

02/05/2026

An exciting update for 'The Yard'. It is being started week commencing the 18th May - we had a much more competitive quote from some awesome builders - with the money already donated we should able at least to get it built and weather proof - the inside may take some time (and money) to get it how we want it - it will be a very useful extra area for many things - not just for our special events - more of an educational / party / chillout area.

Thank you to everybody that donated - if you haven't but still wish to do so - our regular donation page is still here ...

https://www.peoplesfundraising.com/donation/retro-computer-museum

Something wonderful on loan from our mate (and volunteer) Nick Igoe - many thanks mate.
12/04/2026

Something wonderful on loan from our mate (and volunteer) Nick Igoe - many thanks mate.

27/03/2026

Due to a change of circumstances, you might want to leave the 20th June free for our next Legendary Gathering.

More details will follow. See you there?

We now have all four channels with teletext capability. Come and take a look.
06/03/2026

We now have all four channels with teletext capability. Come and take a look.

We get a mention in this very informative video ... Go give it a watch and also a thumbs up. ;)
27/02/2026

We get a mention in this very informative video ... Go give it a watch and also a thumbs up. ;)

The first episode of a new podcast from us - welcome to the Sonic RETROCAST a companion show to SonicTALK, focussed on vintage audio hardware, software, wor...

Did anybody have fun with Lenslok Software Protection? A lovely example here with the Digital Integration Tomahawk game.
22/02/2026

Did anybody have fun with Lenslok Software Protection? A lovely example here with the Digital Integration Tomahawk game.

An awesome part of our collection - an Atari Jaguar Development System.
16/02/2026

An awesome part of our collection - an Atari Jaguar Development System.

Love is in the air, but which system stole your heart? ❤️
14/02/2026

Love is in the air, but which system stole your heart? ❤️

Old and new-ish Apple computers.
08/02/2026

Old and new-ish Apple computers.

Address

RCM House (Unit Q), Troon Way Business Centre, Humberstone Lane, Thurmaston
Leicester
LE49HA

Opening Hours

Saturday 10am - 3:30pm
Sunday 10am - 3:30pm

Telephone

+441162982127

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