Preserving a piece of history

The secure collation, sharing and management of information have always been a critical feature of national security throughout history. Bletchley Park is the home to Colossus – believed to be the first programmable electronic computer in the world. One that significantly influenced, if not altered the course of history. Activities at Bletchley Park spawned many other important technical innovations under the leadership of Alan Turing, considered by many to be one of the father's of modern computer science.

The pace of technological change is incredibly rapid, but security of information is as important today as it was in the early 1940’s. This is why IBM and PGP Corporation have together contributed to The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park with Europe's largest collection of fully functional historic computers to help preserve this historic site for the nation, to help educate the next generation on the importance of technology, and to protect a little piece of our own computing heritage.

Find out more about the contribution from IBM and PGP Corporation to The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley park.

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