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2023: 23/24 September, 15 October, 11 November, 2/3 December, 17 December
Following the success of our previous exhibitions
Secret Communications 1,
2 and 3
— the last of which was in 2019 —
Crypto Museum and the Foundation for German Communication (CDV&T) have once again
teamed up and are pleased to announce Secret Communications 4 — to be held in
Duivendrecht (Netherlands).
Please note that for the first time, there are two weekends in which we will be
open on two successive days. This might be particularly useful for foreign visitors.
The exclusive exhibition Secret Communications 4 will be open to the general public
on these days:
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On these days, we will be open from 10:00 to 17:00 and admission is free. Furthermore, coffee, tea and sandwiches will be available free of charge.
We will be showing an exciting collection of
cipher machines and
espionage gear,
some of which have never been on public display before.
Check the overview below
to see what we have selected for you.
Large groups may apply for a visit outside the regular opening
days and times. Contact Crypto Museum
to make arrangements.
➤ Free parking
➤ What to expect
➤ Directions
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The exhibition will cover the following main themes:
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- Enigma & Friends
Enigma is arguably the most famous and well-known
cipher machine in the world. We have shown it previously
in its many variations, with all kinds of peripherals, as it was used by the
German Third Reich during World War II for their secret communication.
This year, a new member has been added to the Enigma Family: the extremely
rare Enigma G, also known as the
Abwehr Enigma — ask for a demonstration.
- Operation Rubicon
In February 2020 it was revealed that the largest civil manufacturer of
cryptographic equipment — Crypto AG in Switzerland
— was owned by the German intelligence service BND and the American CIA.
In 1970 they had secretly purchased the company from its original
owner Boris Hagelin, as part of
Operation Rubicon.
It was used it to spy on more than 130 countries and organisations.
In this exhibition we will show many of the original devices that have been
backdoored
with help from the NSA and others.
- Optics
Apart from radio waves, (invisible) light is an interesting medium for
the transmission of speech over several kilometres.
During the Cold War, the Stasi of the former DDR used infrared light beams
for secret communication with its agents at the other side of the Berlin Wall.
In this exhibition we will show and demonstrate a range of
light communication devices
(German: Lichtsprechgeräte),
the oldest of which is from World War II.
In addition, a collection of espionage cameras and pinhole lenses from the
Cold War era.
- Washington-Moscow Hotline
In 1962, the so-called Cuban Missile Crisis almost led to the
outbreak of a nuclear war between America and the former USSR.
A year later, in 1963, it was decided to establish a direct line
of communication between the two nuclear powers, which became known
as the Washington-Moscow Hotline.
Contrary to popular believe, this was a not a red telephone,
but a teleprinter link with One-Time Tape cipher machines.
In this exhibition we will demonstrate the original machines and
their teleprinters.
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Last updated 22 September 2023
Below is a non-exhaustive overview of the items we will be showing and
demonstrating in this exhibition. Further information on each item is available
by clicking the corresponding thumbnail image below.
This list will be updated regularly so please visit this page again soon.
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- Visitors are required to register upon arrival (with name or alias).
- You are allowed to take photographs.
- You may be photographed by others and these photographs may be published.
- For your and our safety there will be CCTV cameras in operation. The recorded images will only be used in case of an incident and will otherwise be deleted after the event.
- Please do not touch any of the exhibits unless specifically permitted by our staff.
- All high-value items will be removed from the exhibition at the end of each day.
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Free parking at the other side of the A10 - 5 minute walk
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We have arranged for free parking places on Saturday and Sunday at the parking lot of
Bakkerij Amstelveld, H.J.E. Wenckebachweg 167 in Amsterdam
, just at the other side
of the A10 ring road. Opposite the entrance of the parking – slightly to the
left – is a footpath under the A10 which brings you almost straight to the
Kloosterstraat in Duivendrecht.
Follow the footpath and turn left at the end.
At the next junction turn left again. On this road take the footpath at the left.
On the map below, the route to the exhibition is marked in red.
It is a 5 minute walk.
Please use your sat nav or Google Maps
to navigate to Wenckebachweg 167 in Amsterdam.
➤ PDF with visual tips
➤ PDF with the above map
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Parking in the immediate vicinity - 2 hours max
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Please note that the museum is located in a residential area and that limited
parking space is available in the immediate vicinity.
Furthermore, the area in which the museum is located is a so-called blue zone,
which means that parking is free of charge, but is restricted to just 2 hours.
In addition, the the time of arrival has to be shown by means of a
blue parking disc (shown on the right) behind the windscreen of your car.
This means that you will have to update your disc regularly.
If you don't have a blue parking disc, you can get one on loan at the entry desk.
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Additional parking space is available at the shopping mall – at walking distance,
just 200 m south of the museum –
but this is also a blue zone and is therefore free of charge, but restricted
to two hours. If you choose this opton, please do not forget to update your blue
parking disc regularly.
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Duivendrecht train station - 7 minutes on the bus
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Payed parking spaces with unlimited duration are available at the Duivendrecht
train station (Stationsplein, 1115 BZ Duivendrecht). From there, take bus line 41
which leaves every 15 minutes and takes you here in just 7 minutes.
Take the exit at Burg. van Damstraat.
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