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Reviewed 1 July 2014

I made my second visit to Bletchley Park in June this year, the day After the Duchees of Cambridge had visited to open new displays. In the 6 months since my previous visit much has taken place here in the way of improvements and added attractions such as interactive displays giving some idea of the complex work that was carried out here which undoubtably shortened the second world war. It is difficult to explain the feeling you get from a visit to this place of wonder, here very clever and intelligent members of our society puzzled their brains to beat the expertise in message coding of our greatest enemies, and succeeded. A visit here makes you proud to be British and see at first hand how "necessity is the mother of invention" from a Heath Robinson lash up of electronics the Computer was born, intricate mechanical devices were made in haste by manufacturers to do mechanically what would have taken decades to do manually. As Mr Churchill ordered every piece of equipment to be broken up into hand size pieces after the war, it is surprising that so much has been able to reproduced to show future generations what occured at this hallowed place. Please do go and visit.

Date of experience: June 2014
4  Thank Johng59
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Reviewed 1 July 2014

This is a special place for many people. For all of us who want to discover the roots of computing that pervade our modern life experience; for those who wish to know how the Allies really won the war; and for those who want to see how a museum should present itself to the public without reducing the message.

Bletchley Park is an impeccable experience, and far removed from the perception of museums as being places in which to see things. This is place where you engage at many levels and in which you are placed into the WWII together with the thousands who worked here breaking the codes of the German, Japanese and other war machines.

There was a risk that this entire site would be converted into low-cost housing by one previous government, but fortunately this same government discovered that they did not own this site and the family that did own it donated it for posterity for future generations. And with funds made available from Lotto and other sources the site has been turned into an dynamic museum of the highest professional order for the public.

There are critiques that modern museums are pandering to the public and watering down the message to push through as many people as possible, but in this case, and as a computer scientist and mathematician myself, I found the experience accentuating my knowledge and being truly informative and a worthwhile trip. I will be back again and hopefully many times.

Among the highlights are (1) the Volunteers who were all impeccably dressed and highly informative on the minutiae of the history of the code breaking activities in WWII. They were all happy to be there and none are paid for their services.The park keeps a very small group of permanent staff with volunteers making up the bulk of the support personnel. (2) The park ground, in immaculate condition, as they welcome the visitors on the walk up to the house. (3) The restored huts, with the audio and video support to reconstruct the conditions of the flow of the information as it became useful for the military strategists. (4) The audio/video units, which are modern and appear to be iPods in a casing with a simple and effective interface to enable anyone, with no training, to use these and to obtain short (2-3 min) videos covering the different sections and tours. (5) The entrance and reception area, completely understated from the outside, which opens up to a perfect introduction to the site prior to the start of the tours in the park. (6) Desks with embedded interactive screens which are used to show the processes and equipment in details through touch based navigation. The equipment is placed into old-style desks which largely hides the technology and emphasises the message.

My one critique is that there is perhaps too much information available and that this creates a kind of "noise" which needs to be decrypted during a talk. We have the audio/video guides, the tour guides, and the audio and video within many of the rooms. But perhaps that is part of the experience, that we ourselves need to discover the information we need from the variety of sources available.

My lasting memory is that of standing in the office of my hero, Alan Turing, to whom we owe so much, not only for the war effort, but for the insights and the application of these insights, on both sides of the Atlantic, which led to what we know today as computers, computer programming, and artificial intelligence.

Date of experience: June 2014
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Reviewed 30 June 2014

Really interesting place .Very well organised. I will definitely return to see everything in more depth.

Date of experience: June 2014
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Reviewed 30 June 2014

Visited on Father's Day trying to find something that would appeal to both my husband and our teenagers of 15 and 19. Very interesting place. My favourite parts were the train station section when you first go in, finding about the background about the original house and I found the section on the spies particularly interesting. We were a disappointed to find the new exhibit next to the train station section was closed :-( We didn't manage to finish seeing everything and would consider a return visit. Did think it was rather expensive but I guess at as we can go back within the year it's not too bad. Not sure we'd have chosen to go back if we had been able to see the new exhibit.

Date of experience: June 2014
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Reviewed 30 June 2014

This place is amazing - so much to see, do and learn. Your entry ticket entitles you to a guided tour or you can use a multimedia guide - handheld itouch pads and headphones which you can use to walk around as you wish. There are also lots of interactive screens etc - good for adults and children. The whole place has recently been refurbished and has 2 very good cafés and free car parking. Your ticket allows you to visit again free for the next 12 months so hold onto it!
There is also a museum of old toys - takes you back in time!
We did not expect to be there so long but enjoyed the visit so much we arrived at 10am and were still there nearly 4 hours later! You can of course get around quicker but if you are not in a hurry it is more enjoyable.
There is only one downside - a distinct lack of seating!!! Please Bletchley sort this as there is plenty of room to put suitable chairs. I am disabled and can't walk far and found this very difficult.

Date of experience: June 2014
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