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Trocadero, London, United Kingdom

Trocadero, London, United Kingdom

Trocadero’s location makes it something of a tourist trap, but it’s a popular place for gaming geeks thanks to the massive Funland on the top floors (and the Gamerbase in the basement — see separate listing). [Read More]

American Classic Arcade Museum, Laconia, New Hampshire, USA

American Classic Arcade Museum, Laconia, New Hampshire, USA

The American Classic Arcade Museum is an organization dedicated to preserving the history of the games we play and have played in the 20th century. [Read More]

National Museum of Computing, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

National Museum of Computing, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

The National Museum of Computing (housed at Bletchley Park) houses the largest collection of functional historic computers in Europe, including a rebuilt Colossus, the world’s first electronic programmable computer. [Read More]

Namco Station, London, United Kingdom

Namco Station, London, United Kingdom

Eternally dark and home to a bar with oddly-sticky floors (at least when we were there) Namco Station manages to be a cool destination against the odds. [Read More]

Gamerbase, London, United Kingdom

Gamerbase, London, United Kingdom

Gamerbase is one of London’s most famous LAN cafes, welcoming regular Londoners and visitors from all over the world. [Read More]

20 Guildford St, London, United Kingdom

20 Guildford St, London, United Kingdom

For over forty years, this building housed the University of London Computing Centre (ULCC), one of the first supercomputer centres in the world. [Read More]

66 Hammersmith Road, London, United Kingdom

66 Hammersmith Road, London, United Kingdom

Once the sprawling offices of British bakers J Lyons and Co, this site was the first place in the world to have a computer installed for business use. [Read More]

Intel Museum, Santa Clara, California, USA

Intel Museum, Santa Clara, California, USA

Every wanted to write your name in binary code? OK, probably not, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t give it a go at the Intel Museum, right in the heart of Silicon Valley. [Read More]

Computer History Museum Silicon Valley, California, US

Computer History Museum Silicon Valley, California, US

Placed in the spiritual homeland of all things geek, the Computer History Museum Silicon Valley is the world’s largest computer museum and is currently undergoing an ambitious expansion to make it even larger – a 25,000 square-foot exhibit entitled [Read More]

National Media Museum Games Lounge, Bradford, United Kingdom

National Media Museum Games Lounge, Bradford, United Kingdom

Featuring everything from Pong to Donkey Kong, the Games Lounge is heaven for geeks desperate to relive the heady days of 16-bit graphics. [Read More]

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Queen Street Mill Textile Museum, Burnley, United Kingdom

Queen Street Mill Textile Museum, Burnley, United Kingdom

Queen Street Mill is the believed to be the last steam driven weaving shed in Europe, if not the world. [Read More]

Hendrichs Drop Forge, Solingen, Germany

Hendrichs Drop Forge, Solingen, Germany

The Hendrichs Drop Forge in Solingen is around 120 years old — until it ceased production in 1986 scissors were [Read More]

Detroit Science Center, Michigan, United States

Detroit Science Center, Michigan, United States

Filled with interactive exhibits, the Detroit Science Center is a great day out for anyone interested in engineering, [Read More]

Textilfabrik Cromford, Ratingen, Germany

Textilfabrik Cromford, Ratingen, Germany

The museum takes visitors on a journey along the production stages from cotton to yarn. [Read More]

Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco, California, US

Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco, California, US

The Cartoon Art Museum holds artifacts that represent the history and contemporary development of cartoons, [Read More]

US iPhone App

Science Days Out, a great guide for the whole family, is now available for the iPhone. To download it visit: http://www.sciencedaysout.com

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