National Museum of ComputingWhen I heard we were going to Bletchley Park, I was very excited as I love the story of the codebreakers, but it was unexpected to be given a tour of the National Museum of Computing. Sheridan Williams, who is a real life mathematician, led us though the a very in-depth history of computing. Sheridan referenced the The Imitation Game briefly and provided me my favorite nugget of information form the tour - the employees lovingly refer to the film as The Irritation Game because the inaccuracies of the film are vast. Starting with Kiera Knightly being the only prominent female in the film while in real life, 8,000 of the 10,000 people employed at Bletchley Park were women. The National Museum of Computing also housed a small archive, which we didn't get the chance to see but more information about it can be found on their website HERE. Bletchley Park - Home of the Code Breakers After visiting the National Museum of Computing we had the option of going next door to explore Bletchley Park on our own, which is where the true history of the Codebreaker story was held. The grounds were beautiful and a perfect place to picnic.
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