• Hello universe! – The experience of space travel
    New special exhibition in the HNF
    to 5 January 2020
  • Every era has its innovations.
    We show the best of them.
  • 5,000 years of history:
    from the clay tablet to the smart world

information

Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum
Fürstenallee 7, 33102 Paderborn

Tu – Fr:9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Sa – Su:  10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Closed Monday

Guided tour

Travel information

The Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum (HNF) in Paderborn invites you on a tour of discovery and hands-on exploration! Come and experience the history, present and future of information technology over 6,000 m² of floorspace, from the first written characters, via typewriters and calculating machines all the way to early computers and present-day robots. The world’s biggest computer museum is an exciting destination for people of all ages and a lively event venue.

  • Before we get to heaven, there´s life on earth, and it is here that we must build a socially just society.
    Heinz Nixdorf, 1986
  • There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.
    Ken Olson, 1977
  • The Internet? Is that thing still around?
    Homer Simpson
  • Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window.
    Steve Wozniak
  • Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons.
    Popular Mechanics, 1949
  • Spam will be a thing of the past in two years’ time.
    Bill Gates, 2004

Guided tours

Take a trip through 5,000 years of history and get to know inventors, entrepreneurs, historical machines and the latest technological developments in the process.

Catering facilities

The HOTSPOT Bistro provides a wide range of delicious offerings, ranging from breakfast and lunch to afternoon coffee and cakes.

Birthday at the museum

A trip to the HNF turns a birthday party with friends into a real highlight.

Accessibility certified

As part of the national designation “Travel for Everyone”, the HNF has been certified and now bears the distinction “accessibility certified”.

HNF app

The app for the iPhone and iPad provides essential information about the HNF in German, English and French, a multimedia guide and an IT history quiz.

Museum highlights

54 fascinating photos provide an overview of the main objects in the museum, from the clay tablet to the robot.

Virtual tour

Eleven stations in the museum can be viewed in a 360-degree panorama.

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Aus der Neuen Welt

22.08.2019
Wer in den 1970er-Jahren die Zukunft der Informatik sehen wollte, der flog in die USA. Das tat auch Dr.-Ing. Franz Gaffal vom Bayerischen Kultusministerium; ihn interessierte die Datenverarbeitung in den Hochschulen. 1978 reiste er acht Wochen lang durchs Land und besuchte Universitäten und Computerfirmen. Sein Reisebericht kam 1980 als Buch heraus. Wir haben darin geblättert.  ...

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