Opening hours: Thursday and Friday 16:00-20:00, Saturday 10:00-16:00. Closed on Sundays and all public holidays.
What About the Software?
"A computer itself, without software, isn’t meant for any particular task."
A computer alone, without software, isn’t designed for any specific task. This makes software an extremely important—if not the most important—part of a computer, transforming a calculating machine into the most multifunctional device ever conceived by the human mind.
Therefore, the exhibition What about the Software? serves as an anchor of historical thought on digital technology, human creativity, and the social changes that have shaped us over the past seven decades and will significantly influence our future.
The exhibition tour begins with an introduction to basic programming concepts, where we learn about terms such as algorithm, machine language, high-level programming languages, and even computer bugs. Aware of the importance of safe computer use, we also aim to alert visitors to malicious programs like viruses and worms.
The walk through the exhibition offers an interactive display of the history of computers, from large analog machines to familiar old personal computer models, showing the interaction between hardware and software. Computers produced in Slovenia also hold a special place in the exhibition.
The exhibition space allows groups to explore the workings of the Turing machine, experience the charm of dial-up internet, play old DOS games, have fun with early Slovenian word processors, and take ASCII art photos on the Slovenian Paka 3000 computer terminal.
We also aim to familiarize visitors with the growing importance of artificial intelligence (AI), inviting them to try neural networks for text and image generation from prompts.
