Matt Gooding writes in the Cambridge News:
As reported in Ideas last week, the centre has launched Tech Odyssey, a campaign that could raise more than £200,000 to bring the museum's permanent collection of vintage hardware, housed at its premises on Coldham's Road, to life.
Cambridge software developer Redgate has promised to match all donations made before April 10 up to £100,000, and cash has already started coming in.
"Refurbishment of the gallery and creation of a new exhibition, Odyssey, will help us tell the inspirational and epic story of the computing revolution to anyone – young and old, techie and non-geek alike," said curator Jason Fitzpatrick (pictured with with Simon Galbraith, Redgate CEO).
"Redgate Software has presented us with a wonderful opportunity; it's also a big, big challenge. We are very conscious that the clock is ticking…"
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(Image removed)Since opening its doors in Cambridge at the end of 2013, the Centre has attracted over 5,000 children. On average, it is visited by one school a week and that number is growing.
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