Computer Conservation Society

Next Events

London
24^th Sep 2026

The Conservation of Computer Art: Past, Present, and Future

Historic Document Rescue

From time to time the Society is approached by people who have come into the possession of documents relevant to historic computers and who feel that they should “go to a good home”.

Unfortunately the Computer Conservation Society is no longer in a position to collect such material, though we can sometimes suggest a suitable home for it. If you have a need to dispose of historic material we suggest that you should first read our guide Archives and your Personal Papers.

In particular, we should stress that a list of the document titles is essential before any progress can be made.

Document Exchange within the CCS

Because CCS members use widely differing IT systems, difficulties sometimes arise when documents are sent between members. In an attempt to minimise such problems a page of guidance notes can be found here.

The web page also contains useful information for authors of articles in the CCS journal Resurrection.

News

March 2026

The National Museum of Computing and the London Mathematical Society are honoured to be able to facilitate a major international conference on the ideas and influences prompted by Alan Turing’s ground-breaking 1936 paper published in the Proceedings of the LMS.

The world’s leading research mathematicians, philosophers and thinkers – all working in fields which have arisen from the original “Computable Numbers” idea back in 1936 – will present their work and explain how ideas imagined 90 years ago have relevance today.

The event will take place in the the iconic Bletchley Park Fellowship Auditorium, on the 16^th-18^th September 2026.

It will appeal especially to mathematicians and researchers interested in computability, decidability, mathematical logic and the history of computing. The conference will also provide an opportunity for early-career researchers to showcase their work in areas stimulated by the 1936 paper. We will engage the public in debate about these ideas and their current significance. We will explain, educate, celebrate, inspire and entertain. The conference is open to all. We are delighted to be able to offer bursaries and discounted registration fees to accepted early career researchers who can present their work in the poster session. Applications for bursaries will be reviewed by the London Mathematical Society.

For more information please visit: www.tnmoc.org/computable90-conference.

March 2026

It is with sadness that we have to report the passing of Sir Tony Hoare who will perhaps be known to many members as a name most associated with the early days of Algol 60 although there was much more to him than that.

The next edition of Resurrection will include an obituary written by a close colleague.

The Computer Conservation Society was founded in 1989 as a joint venture between the British Computer Society and the Science Museum in London. It has subsequently become closely associated with the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester and The National Museum of Computing in Bletchley Park.

Our primary mission is to preserve historic computers, develop awareness of the history of computing, and encourage research. We run many specialised projects, organise public lecture series, and publish a regular journal.

Membership of the society is open to all. If you would like to join the society, please click here for more information.