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Exhibitions and Displays

    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 TechnologiesZoneis 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.

 

 

 

 

 


2007 – From Bigband to Broadband (Burntisland)

2006 - Get The Picture: Inside the Television (Burntisland)

2005 - WWII: 60 Years On (Burntisland)

2001-Present - IEE Display

June 2001 - Summerlee Weekend

August 2000-Present - Alrick Building at Kings Buildings, Edinburgh University

2000-05 - Tall Ship, Glasgow Harbour

1998 - "VAC & SEMI"

1998 - "Bakelite Bits to Silicon Chips" (Adam House, Science Festival)

1997-99 - Saltire Court Displays

1996-2002 - "Origins of Modern Communication" (Museum of Flight)

1995 - Monica Fish Pond, India Street

1994 - "Dots, Dashes and Dials" (Kings Buildings, Edinburgh University)

1993 - "Cats Whiskers" (International Science Festival, Edinburgh University)

1992 - "Words, Music and Morse" (Union Street, Bo'ness)

1990 - "Inside the Gogglebox" (Bo'ness Library)

1989 - "First Exhibition WWII Battle of Britain"

 

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