📖LIVING HISTORY| Lois Widmark operated the US Navy Bombe machine during #WWII. During this exclusive stream at the #NCM, she’ll be sharing her story directly in front of the only original, surviving #Bombe machine. WATCH LIVE: Monday 9/28 12pm facebook.com/share/1EtQkAbcp…

CODE GIRL SPEAKS| Thousands of women helped break enemy ciphers during WWII, hear from one of them LIVE, in front of the Bombe machine she worked on! *This is a VIRTUAL event ONLY.*** WATCH LIVE Monday 9/28 at 12pm EST: facebook.com/share/1EtQkAbcp…

🎥VIRTUAL EVENT| Join us LIVE 9/28 12pm as Lois Widmark shares her experience as a Code Girl in WWII. Lois worked on the only Bombe machine still in existence, watch as she details her story LIVE in front of it! *This is a VIRTUAL event ONLY.*** WATCH facebook.com/share/1EtQkAbcp…

🎥VIRTUAL EVENT| Join us LIVE 9/28 12pm as Lois Widmark shares her experience as a Code Girl in WWII. Lois worked on the only Bombe machine still in existence, watch as she details her story LIVE in front of it! *This is a VIRTUAL event ONLY.*** WATCH facebook.com/share/1EtQkAbcp…

"Defeat Evil with Good”| This bottle passed from one Counterterrorism Chief to the next, each leaving a note for their successor. 10 years later,the promise was kept On the 25th anniversary of 9/11,we stand in remembrance of the victims & honor the enduring dedication of the IC.

NEW EXHIBIT| A phone number tied to a small honey shop in Kuwait provided the initial signals intelligence lead that eventually brought bin Laden to justice. On this 25th anniversary of 9/11, we remember the lives lost & the relentless mission to honor them.

No phones, no internet. NSA signals intelligence helped confirm bin Laden's location,providing real-time coverage that protected U.S. Navy SEALs during the raid. On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, our newest exhibit stands in solemn memory of that day & the teamwork that followed.

25 years after 9/11, we remember the lives lost and honor our nation's defenders. The #NCM will open a historic new exhibit revealing the #NSA's role in the takedown of Usama bin Laden. See newly declassified artifacts detailing the enduring commitment to national security.

OTD: September 9, 1947, Cpt. Grace M. Hopper documented the first computer “bug”, a moth in the Harvard Mark II. The term “debugging” was born. Photo: Smithsonian; Transfer from U.S. Dept of Defense, Dept of the Navy, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Strategic & Space Systems

#OnThisDay we remember Boris Hagelin who died Sept 7, 1983, inventor of the iconic M-209 cipher machine with more than 101 Million combinations and history’s first millionaire cryptologist. Find out more about his journey and see the #M209 up close at the #NCM

September 6, 1941 Winston #Churchill made his first visit to Bletchley Park, Britain’s top-secret codebreaking center; home to the effort to break German communications protected by the #Enigma. Explore the machines, people & partnerships behind WWII cryptology at the #NCM.

On August 26, 1892 pioneer codebreaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman was born. She cracked thousands of ciphers, from bootleggers to Nazi spies. See her work on display now at #NCM. Explore more of her fascinating legacy online: 5099.sydneyplus.com/final/Po…

🚨 MAINTENANCE NOTE| The NCM will be closed Monday, September 7th through Thursday, September 10th for scheduled maintenance. We will reopen Friday, September 11th at 10am.

🚨🗓 SAVE THE DATE!| Join us for the 12th Annual STEM Fest! Dive into a world of discovery where science, technology, engineering, and math come to life! More: facebook.com/events/10940988…

#OTD in 1982, National Navajo Code Talkers Day was established to honor the Native American warriors whose unbreakable codes helped win #WWI and #WWII. Code Talkers transmitted critical wartime messages without a single error or code breach. Discover their legacy at the NCM.

#OTD in 1981, IBM released the IBM PC, sparking a personal computing revolution! While PCs hit living rooms, codebreakers relied on room-sized titans like the Cray-1 & Cray-2 (which used liquid coollant). Come see these giant pieces of computing history up close at the #NCM!

Ever heard the nickname, "No Such Agency?" The #NSA has been shrouded in mystery since its inception, many people ask, “What exactly does the NSA do?” This one-of-a-kind exhibit uses artifacts gathered from the Agency’s spaces to take people, “Behind the Fenceline”

🎉Happy Birthday to us!🥳This week, in 1993 the #NCM first opened to NSA employees and other members of the intelligence community! Check out this throwback photo! We opened to the public later that year...now, the NCM hosts approximately 70,000 visitors annually!

As the gateway to the stories of America's secrets, the NCM allows a peek into the people, equipment, & events that played a role in cryptologic history. From the spy ring under George Washington to breaking the German's WWII Enigma, the NCM brings it all out. Come visit us!

🚨Reminder: Join us on July 8, 2026, for a special presentation by author Jean C. O'Connor on James Lovell, the "Revolution's one-man NSA." Free and open to the public! #EventReminder #NCMEvents facebook.com/events/17179738…