45-minute hands-on workshop for children aged 8 to 12 to play with vintage computers, run by Cynefin Digidol for the Swansea Science Festival.
Retro Computer Playground runs at the National Waterfront Museum on Tuesday 27 and Wednesday 28 October, with sessions at 11am and 1pm each day. It's a 45-minute workshop for curious kids aged 8 to 12 and their families to get hands-on with the computers their parents and grandparents grew up with — beeps, blocky graphics and all. The whole thing is delivered by Cynefin Digidol as part of the Swansea Science Festival, which is run by Swansea University.
If you've got kids that age, it's a good chance for them to step back in time and actually use the machines that came before the tablets and smartphones they're used to. Instead of just looking at them, they'll be getting stuck in, seeing how they worked and what they could do. There's also a bit of local history to it: the session looks at how Wales helped build the digital world, so it's not just about the old kit, but where it all came from.
It's a family thing, so you're encouraged to come along with them. The 45-minute format keeps it short enough to fit into a half-term day without taking over the whole afternoon. With sessions at 11am and 1pm on both Tuesday and Wednesday, you can pick the slot that works best for you.
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It's held at the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea (SA1 3RD), and the price is pay what you can, with a minimum of £1. So, if you've got kids who like to take things apart and see how they work, this is a great way to spend a bit of the half-term.
