| ▲ | wvbdmp 2 days ago |
| Sad, but the reality is, Hoyerswerda is a small town in east east Germany and computer museums are already super niche in general. How many tourists could they possibly get? Maybe the Nixdorf museum in Paderborn can snatch it up. Paderborn is no metropolis either, but at least it’s relatively central and the museum gets 13 times as many yearly visitors. |
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| ▲ | wheels 2 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| Indeed. I've lived in Germany for 25 years, and I had to Google where it is. If 10% of the local town came to visit every year, that'd still only produce 8 visitors per day. The numbers just don't make sense. |
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| ▲ | lb1lf 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Funny you should mention it, I was aware of the Zuse museum and figured I'd jump on a train next time I was in Berlin to go check it out. (In fairness, I've been thinking this the past four or five times I've gone to Berlin, on the assumption the museum would only get better while I procrastinated...) Anyway, three minutes ago, after reading about the museum's likely fate (sigh!) on HN, I've booked tickets to Berlin in October. Hoyerswerda or bust! |
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| ▲ | JsonDemWitOster 2 days ago | parent | next [-] | | I hope the Deutsches Technikmuseum (Berlin) still has that corner dedicated to Zuse. It was there when I visited in 2019. And overall, I'd wager you'd nerd snipe yourself at DT anyway. Not just with computers but with trains, waterships, aeroships cameras---you name it. That's an easy ~5h to kill at least. I only had to leave because I got tired. The curiosity is strong but the legs are, alas, fragile. | | | |
| ▲ | dirkt 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | I had the same idea, but it's already closed for the public starting 1st of September [1] (so tomorrow). Also, this museum is closer to Dresden than to Berlin... [1] https://zuse-computer-museum.com | | |
| ▲ | hommelix a day ago | parent | next [-] | | It's closed, but the planned events are on-going till 31st of December 2026. If there is an event in the list that suits you're agenda, you can still see the museum. https://zuse-computer-museum.com/angebote/veranstaltungen/ | |
| ▲ | lb1lf 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | September 1st! Eeek! (Do note I try to go to Berlin once or twice a year to visit friends - so the news of the (more impending than I realized!) closure of the Hoyerswerda museum simply made me get this fall's visit booked...) I haven't been to the Deutsches Technikmuseum since October 2024, so I'll probably make another visit there. | |
| ▲ | pantalaimon 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | 2h23 by train from Berlin isn't too bad |
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