Located adjacent to NSA Headquarters at Ft. George G. Meade, Maryland, the Museum houses thousands of artifacts that collectively serve to sustain the history of the cryptologic profession.
Oct 19, 2020
From the inception of the National Cryptologic Museum, there has been an adjunct reference library, not merely to support exhibits, but also to encourage research in the many aspects of cryptology. With the move to larger quarters in early 1997 and its enhancement by additional collections of materials, the library has become an important research center for those interested in cryptology and cryptologic history.
Jun 30, 2020
The cryptologic mission can be a dangerous one. Around the globe, men and women in the U.S. Armed Forces place themselves in harm’s way to gather the adversaries’ communications and to secure their own information. Sometimes, they pay the ultimate sacrifice.
Dec 23, 2020
The experience of African Americans at NSA and its predecessor organization mirrors the African American experience in the United States.
Oct 23, 2020
The NSA Rare Book Collection is a small but significant holding of the oldest and most unusual printed works on cryptology. The volumes date from the 16th to the early 20th centuries, covering much of the entire history of the printed word and including the work of some of the most important scholars and scientists of their times.
Oct 28, 2020
Thomas Jefferson designed a cylindrical cipher device for encrypting communications in the 18th century. It was one of the many systems he designed to keep his messages secret.
Jun 29, 2020
America's independence, hard fought, was achieved with the help of codes, ciphers, invisible ink, visual communications, and hidden messages.
Oct 26, 2020
Although the American Civil War saw no great advances in cryptographic principles, significant developments were made in military telecommunication which prompted unique intelligence gathering efforts.
Oct 27, 2020
With the outbreak of war in August 1914, radio intercept began for the first time to play an important role in the intelligence available to military commanders.
Oct 28, 2020
Elizebeth Smith Friedman and William F. Friedman were the ultimate power couple in American cryptology. William Friedman, deemed the father of modern American cryptology, spent his adult life in cryptologic endeavors.
Oct 29, 2020
This exhibit showcases possibly the most well-known of all cipher machines — German Enigma. It became the workhorse of the German military services, used to encrypt tens of thousands of tactical messages throughout World War II.
Feb 24, 2019
The U.S. Navy's cryptanalytic Bombes had only one purpose: determine the rotor settings used on the German cipher machine Enigma.
Oct 20, 2020
PURPLE was the second of two Japanese diplomatic machine-generated cipher systems broken by the U.S. Signals Intelligence Service (SIS).
Nov 05, 2020
The stage was set for the most important sea battle of the war. The carrier task forces departed Hawaii late in May to rendezvous northeast of Midway at an appropriately named spot called “Point Luck.” They had a date with the Japanese Combined Fleet and history, 1,135 miles west of Hawaii on a tiny speck in the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean.
Dec 18, 2020
While serving time for horse theft in the early 1900s, Hebern first conceived one of the more innovative cryptologic ideas, the electromechanical cipher machine, incorporating a mechanical rotor.
Dec 30, 2020
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