This is an archived event from Culture Days 2022.
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Exhibit - Cipher/Decipher
In-person
History & heritage Kids MuseumDate and time
This activity runs the duration of Culture Days.
Location
Elgin County Heritage Centre
460 Sunset Drive
St. Thomas, ON
Access
Free, and accepts optional pay-what-you-may donations for admission.
Offered in English.
Wheelchair accessible and has gender-neutral washrooms.
About
September 17 - January 7, 2023
Cipher/Decipher
Visitors can scramble their own messages using a cipher wheel, tackle puzzles, test their cyber smarts to find out how safe their personal information is online, and see how an authentic Enigma cipher machine works, by sending a message and watching how Enigma creates a new message.
Developed by Ingenium, Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation in partnership with the Communications Security Establishment.
Links
- Elgin County Heritage Centre elgincounty.ca
Organizer
Elgin County Heritage Centre
The Elgin County Museum exists to promote Elgin County’s rich historical and agricultural heritage by acquiring, preserving, exhibiting and interpreting artifacts pertaining to the history of the County of Elgin; and to provide leadership and support to County museums in the promotion of a heritage partnership.