Digital Future Day: Relaxed Opening

The National Museum of Computing is running a Digital Future Day on Wednesday 2 December, from 11 am to 3 pm. It's one of their 'Relaxed Openings' – sensory-friendly, neurodiversity-friendly sessions they build specifically for the neurodiverse community and their families. If you've ever found museums a bit much, this is the version that works: a calmer, highly predictable environment with ticket numbers strictly capped to keep the galleries spacious and queue-free, no large crowds, low volume levels, and no fixed time slots or rigid schedules. You move between the historic computing displays and the activity zones at your own pace, and there are complimentary ear defenders and sensory bags available to borrow.

The day is built around a few interactive zones. There are Simple Planes and Juno Rockets aerospace flight simulators to climb into, and a Codebreaker Challenge that lets you work with Morse Code, International Telegraph, and Enigmatix wheels. There's also a Binary Code workshop where you can make your own bracelet or keyring, and tactile Paper Planes to get stuck into. Between those, you've got the museum's main computing displays to wander through whenever you fancy.

It's at The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC), Block H, Bletchley Park, Sherwood Drive, Bletchley, Milton Keynes MK3 6EB. Tickets run from free up to £48.38, and it's open from 11 am to 3 pm on Wednesday 2 December.