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X-WR-CALDESC:17 Dec 1993: The National Cryptologic Museum opened to the pub
lic. Read about the Museum's History. \n\nDid you know that ...
.It was captured Axis cryptographic equipment that became the basis for a
small and little known Research and Development Museum collection (RDM) th
at was the NCM’s precursor?\n\nWilliam F. Friedman and Lambros Callimahos
(who set up his own makeshift office museum) originally cared for the equi
pment. Then in 1970\, Earl J. Coates\, NSA’s first curator\, set up museum
-like exhibits in the lobby of NSA headquarters.\n\nWhen the old Colony 7
Motel adjacent to NSA was purchased in the spring of 1990\, Vice Admiral W
illiam O. Studeman\, then-Agency director\, was the first to suggest it be
used as an NSA-operated museum.\n\nThe Museum initially opened on 15 July
1993 for NSA employees and families\, as well as members of the Intellige
nce Community. But once the Museum opened to the public in December 1993\,
media interest and attendance boomed. Requests for interviews poured in a
nd stories appeared in outlets all over the world. About 10\,000 visitors
stopped by that first year\, a remarkable number considering the museum’s
furtive beginning. The photo shown here is of the Museum in 1993 when it w
as a one-room open exhibit area.
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DESCRIPTION:17 Dec 1993: The National Cryptologic Museum opened to the publ
ic. Read about the Museum's History. \n\nDid you know that ....
It was captured Axis cryptographic equipment that became the basis for a s
mall and little known Research and Development Museum collection (RDM) tha
t was the NCM’s precursor?\n\nWilliam F. Friedman and Lambros Callimahos (
who set up his own makeshift office museum) originally cared for the equip
ment. Then in 1970\, Earl J. Coates\, NSA’s first curator\, set up museum-
like exhibits in the lobby of NSA headquarters.\n\nWhen the old Colony 7 M
otel adjacent to NSA was purchased in the spring of 1990\, Vice Admiral Wi
lliam O. Studeman\, then-Agency director\, was the first to suggest it be
used as an NSA-operated museum.\n\nThe Museum initially opened on 15 July
1993 for NSA employees and families\, as well as members of the Intelligen
ce Community. But once the Museum opened to the public in December 1993\,
media interest and attendance boomed. Requests for interviews poured in an
d stories appeared in outlets all over the world. About 10\,000 visitors s
topped by that first year\, a remarkable number considering the museum’s f
urtive beginning. The photo shown here is of the Museum in 1993 when it wa
s a one-room open exhibit area.
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SUMMARY:OTD in 1993: National Cryptologic Museum Opened to the Public
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