The Museum

The Museum of Informatics & Telecommunications of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens was founded in autumn 2019 within the Department of Informatics & Telecommunications.

Its collection and activities bring together the history of computing and telecommunications with the history of the Department, its research and the people who have worked and studied there.

About

The Museum is developing as a contemporary university museum dedicated to the preservation, study and interpretation of Informatics and Telecommunications.

Its subject reaches from the origins of modern computing to the technologies that shape everyday life today. The Museum places these developments in conversation with the history and research of the Department of Informatics & Telecommunications.

Its audiences include the university community, students and school groups, researchers and professionals, as well as visitors with a broader interest in technology and its history.

Living Lab

The Museum has also been conceived as a living lab, where members of the university community can participate in the creation of exhibits, projects and digital experiences.
This approach has already found expression through student work and experimental online projects connected with the Museum.

Our Mission

Connect

To bring the history of the field into conversation with contemporary research, the university community and society.

Open

To bring Informatics and Telecommunications closer to wider audiences and contribute to greater understanding of digital technologies.

Preserve

To collect, document, study and safeguard objects and archives connected with Informatics, Telecommunications and the history of the Department.

Research

To provide a setting for scientific and interdisciplinary research and for continued dialogue around the history and development of these fields.

Educate

To support teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level and create opportunities for students to work directly with collections, technology and interpretation.

People

The Museum is developing as a contemporary university museum dedicated to the preservation, study and interpretation of Informatics and Telecommunications.

Directorate

Associate Professor Maria Roussou


Stella Kazilieri

Scientific Advisory

Professor Aristotelis Tympas

Museological and exhibition development

Alexandra Nikiforidou


Vasia Pierrou


Maria Kechrinioti


Rena Stolidou

The current Museum credits also acknowledge volunteers and students from the courses Contemporary Technologies for Cultural Applications and Museums in the Digital Age.

Gallery

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