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Faced with a series of perplexing puzzles and challenges inspired by computing technology across the decades, you must gather your wits, problem-solving and team-working skills to beat the ticking clock in a thrilling race to the finish line to determine your fate. Prepare to be confronted with alien tools and technology from decades past - paper tape, punched cards and floppy disks to name a few. Designed to please even the most discerning Escape Room hobbyist, our Escape Room Challenges boast the added bonus of educating our escapees on the history of Computing along the way!

The decades available to choose from are:

1940s: Would you have made it as a successful code breaker at Bletchley Park during WWII? It’s time to find out! Use an Enigmatix, a single wheel poly-alphabetic encryption system which mimics a rotor from the original Enigma machine, to decrypt puzzles and tackle cryptography 1940’s style.

1950s: Wrap your head around a cryptic crossword and take on the challenge of binary addition to reveal a top secret code.

1960s: Get your mathematics brain in gear and read data from punched cards.

1980s: Write a program on a retro BBC Micro.

Vouchers are priced at a rate of £32.00 per person, discounted to £57.00 for a pair. Vouchers are valid for 12 months from the date of purchase. Full Museum admission is included in the ticket price, allowing you to explore and be inspired by our extraordinary collection whilst you are here. The experience will last for 90 minutes. This includes a 15 minute 'Mission Briefing' followed by 75 minutes to complete the Escape Room Challenge.

We look to run these on a Saturday Morning, Tuesday evening and Sunday afternoons. Once you have purchased your package you will receive confirmation and details of how to book. For Team Events and larger groups contact Jacqui.Garrad@tnmoc.org

The National Museum of Computing has launched the second in their series of Conway Stewart pens following the success of the Turing-Welchman Pen.

A limited edition of 251 pens in yellow and black, each engraved with its edition number on the end of the barrel, will be produced to celebrate Alan Turing and his work in deciphering the Enigma codes at Station X, otherwise known as Bletchley Park, during WWII.

The Pen

Engraved on the barrel are the words "The Alan Turing Pen" to keep alive the memory of this most ingenious man whose secret activities during the Second World War helped save Europe from Nazi tyranny, and also triggered the start of the computer era.

Around the wide sterling silver cap band is the word "ENIGMA", and there is a secret compartment to hide your secret message - unscrew the barrel end, and there is a compartment to hold a small scroll of paper - your message to yourself, or to your loved one, hopefully written in code!

Available as a Fountain Pen or a Rollerball. (Please note in the rollerball version the end of the barrel does not unscrew for the secret message).

All the fountain pens are fitted with the medium nib. Rollerball pens are fitted with a medium ball.

A proportion of each pen sold is given to the Museum to help with their running costs.

Price includes First Class recorded delivery

During the Second World War, the German Armed Forces sent 1000s of Enigma encrypted messages every day. To crack this seemingly unbreakable cipher, the Allies turned to an electromechanical machine to do the job - the Bombe.

The Turing-Welchman Bombe was a marvel of engineering and ingenuity. The first bombe operated in August 1940 and more than 200 existed by the end of the war. By uncovering the daily ‘key’, as many as 5,000 messages to be deciphered each day.

This remarkable guide explains how the Bombe works in easy-to-understand language and walks you through the entire codebreaking process. With helpful diagrams and photographs throughout, The Bombe is the essential guide to the machine that changed the course of the war.

A signed copy by Sir Dermot Turing is available for a small additional fee.

Buyers from Europe and USA can now purchase the book online by selecting the appropriate item with postage to your area. For all other countries, please Email Operations@tnmoc.org for postage costs.