Overview

• The Bonn museum begins showing the Medion-based 1997 tower with diskette and CD‑ROM drives as part of its staged permanent exhibition from 23 September.
• The exhibited unit was received in 2009 from a private donor in Cologne and is presented as an everyday object documenting social change.
• A museum spokeswoman characterizes the model as enabling affordable access to computing across social groups in the information and internet age.
• Aldi’s PC offer debuted in November 1995 and surged in 1997 with a Pentium‑166 package and a 15‑inch monitor priced at just under 1,800 Deutsche Mark (about €920).
• Aldi Nord is promoting the museum inclusion with a #ALDIstory campaign that features videos on YouTube and the company’s social channels.