Museum of Communication at Burntisland

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This Year's exhibition: Chips with Everything

50 years of the silicon chip

Our visitor experience for 2008 celebrates 50 years of the Integrated Circuit and 60 years of the Transistor.

See how, in a handful of years, these inventions have changed our world forever.

Listen in at the Museum’s Amateur Radio station, MM0 MOC.

Round off your visit with a relaxing cuppa in the Soundbytes Café

Opening Hours

each Wednesday and Saturday

11.00 am to 5.00 pm

from 24 May until 13 September

(Group and special visits at other

times by arrangement)

Admission (including refreshments)

Adult - £3

Accompanied child - £1.50

Family group - £8.50

Special MoC member discounts apply!

Our exhibition traces the development of the integrated Circuit from the earliest days to

the cutting edge of today's technology. It is an exciting and fascinating story . . .

So join us on our astonishing journey. The main exhibition areas are:

‘Silicon Alley’ which demonstrates how chips are manufactured.

‘The Clean Room’ and why it is needed.

The ‘Convergence of TechnologiesZone’ is the focal point. It shows how,

over time, smaller and smaller products have combined more and

more functions.

‘The Future Zone’ discusses where these technologies are all heading.

‘The Fife Microelecronics Story’ gives the important local dimension.

We have a wide range of artefacts showing applications of the new

technology alongside the previous generation.

Welcome to the Museum of Communication, the UK's only museum that focuses solely on demonstrating how the communications systems we take for granted today have been developed.

The Museum of Communication specialises in communications technology from the pre-electric telegraph to the present time. We have a major collection of artefacts covering Early Electrics, Telegraphy, Telephony, Radio, Television and Information Technology, together with a large number of supporting Printed Items. We put on exhibitions to stimulate, entertain and educate the public. We are developing an education programme which is aimed at making young people aware of the excitement and satisfaction to be found in a career in electronic communications.

Click on the thumbnails below to get a flavour of our areas of collection...