PGP Corporation and IBM help secure computing museum future

IBM and encryption specialist PGP Corporation have stepped into help the National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park.

Both vendors have made financial contributions to help keep the museum, which houses Europe’s largest collection of working computers, going in the future.

The result of the funding from IBM and PGP will help the museum modernise and expand and secure the home of Colossus, one of the most famous first programmable computers.

The National Museum of Computing opened at Bletchley Park last year and there are more calls for the IT industry to support the institution.

“As the acknowledged birthplace of modern computing, Bletchley Park is responsible for laying the foundation for many of today's technology innovations,” said Phil Dunkelberger, CEO and President of PGP Corporation. “We believe more can be done to preserve this institution and those of us in the technology industry can do more to help."

Jon Fell at The National Museum of Computing welcomed the support.

“If we can secure the funding, The National Museum of Computing can become a major historical and educational resource providing access to unique and irreplaceable materials and detailing the history of computing. We have had a great response to the campaign so far, but more is definitely needed to preserve this British – and international – icon," he said.