Konrad Zuse Museum shutting down due to lack of funding

The Zuse Computer Museum ZCOM, located successful Hoyerswerda, could beryllium closed astatine the extremity of the year. Following the withdrawal of support from the municipal lodging company, which provides the premises, the metropolis management has placed the financial support for the “Konrad Zuse City” connected the schedule of a metropolis assembly meeting. If it is withdrawn, the ZCOM Foundation would person to propulsion successful the towel. It has been operating the ZCOM since 2017 and relies connected subsidies. Instead of the planned 20 to 25,000 visitors per year, the extended postulation is only visited by astir 10,000 paying individuals.

As “Hoyerswerda lebt“ reports, the subsidies for the ZCOM, which opened successful January 2017, are connected the metropolis council's agenda. If they are cut, the depository faces closure unless a “white knight” is found, writes the metropolis magazine. At the extremity of 2026, the municipal lodging institution had already trim its subsidy of 110,000 euros per year.

The original ZCOM was established successful 1995 arsenic a mini accumulation erstwhile Konrad Zuse received honorary citizenship of the metropolis of Hoyerswerda. It had to adjacent successful 2013 and was reopened successful freely rooms successful 2017 acknowledgment to the support of the lodging company. The ZCOM displays the Zuse computers Z11, Z22, Z22r, Z23, and Z25, arsenic good arsenic galore Robotron exhibits arsenic computing exertion from the GDR, arsenic utilized successful the “Energy City Hoyerswerda” for open-cast mining.

In addition, the depository provides accusation astir computer pioneer Nikolaus Joachim Lehmann, who was calved successful Lusatia.

(dahe)