National Cryptologic Museum at Fort Meade in Baltimore, MD
Anyone interested in the inner workings of the National Security Agency should head over to the National Cryptologic Museum, one of the most surprising and unusual museums in town. Originally established as a place to house NSA artifacts, the resulting Museum lets the public in on the story of signals intelligence and codebreaking and the people who devote their lives to it. Exhibits take visitors through the history of cryptography and intelligence from the 16 century to the present and include a rare cryptographic book from the 1500s, artifacts from every major war, and a modern codebreaking supercomputer.
Many interactive exhibits allow visitors to try their hand at deciphering codes or encode their names into complex number sequences on an Enigma coding machine. Two reconnaissance aircraft that were used for secret missions sit adjacent to the Museum, including an RU-8D used in Vietnam and a C-130 that memorializes an Air Force aircraft that was shot down during the Cold War.
View Rates at Hotels Near National Cryptologic Museum at Fort Meade in Baltimore, MD
