Digitalretropark
- Visit: 2–6 hours
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Why go
- Try around 40 computers and other devices from different computing eras.
- Play on Retro-Rodeo, consoles and computers at the monthly gaming session.
Opening hours
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What's inside
- The displays comprise three permanent exhibitions and one changing special exhibition.
With kids
- The museum’s educational work particularly addresses children, caregivers and seniors.
- Its educational remit extends to current digital subjects, including electronic identity cards, RFID, social networks and smartphones.
Tips for your visit
- The hands-on approach extends to all exhibits: visitors can actively use them.
- For the monthly gaming session, check the event date when planning your visit.
Interesting facts5
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200 square
The exhibition covers roughly 200 square metres.
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The museum occupies a former furniture department store in Offenbach’s city centre.
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A nonprofit association runs the museum with volunteers.
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A kulturMut crowdfunding campaign helped raise the association’s initial capital.
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The project received an award through the kulturMut crowdfunding initiative of Aventis Foundation.
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History
After unsuccessful searches in Hanau and the Offenbach district, the organizers focused on Offenbach.
- 2010The museum idea began with Ersten Hanauer Netzwerkclub e.V., FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY e.V. and TecMuMas at a retrocomputing gathering in the Rhine-Main region.
- 2011The organizers began staging individual exhibitions, including an event tent at Rochusmarkt in Seligenstadt.
- 2013The first large exhibition ran for more than three months at the Großauheim Industrial Museum.
- Early 2014Digital Retro Park e.V. was founded as a nonprofit in Offenbach.
- 2014–2019The association ran a workshop with local makers at the Zollamt Studios artists’ colony.
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- 2015The association opened a six-week Atari exhibition at Zollamt Studios, accompanied by four cultural events.
- 13 October 2018The association opened the museum after renovating the premises itself.
Sources: Digital Retro Park Museum für digitale Kultur -… · Digital Retro Park – Digital Retro Park e.V. · digitalretropark | Stadt Offenbach am Main · checked 4 Oct 2026
- Website
- digitalretropark.de/
Questions and answers
What do Digitalretropark’s workshops cover?
They teach accessible digital skills, including how digital commons can support social urban life.
Which subjects featured in Digitalretropark’s earlier exhibitions?
Past exhibitions included the Macintosh, Star Wars and the C64.
Who started the Digitalretropark project?
It began as a collaboration between Ersten Hanauer Netzwerkclub e.V., FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY e.V. and the TecMuMas technology museum.
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