Got a secret?
Want to share it with a few trusted friends?
One way to share your secret is to encrypt your message – that is, change it to something only your friends can understand.
For all types of secrets – from schoolyard gossip to military plans – encryption keeps messages out of the wrong hands.
About the Cipher | Decipher travelling exhibit
The bilingual Cipher | Decipher exhibition allows you to explore how encryption works, and how it affects our lives – from its role in war, to how we rely on it to keep our modern digital communications secure.
Cipher | Decipher was produced by Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation in partnership with Canada’s Communications Security Establishment.
This hands-on exhibition allows you to:
- learn to encrypt and decrypt secret messages
- understand how an Enigma machine works
- try your hand at logic puzzles and games
Plan your visit:
| Start date | End date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 20, 2024 | December 15, 2024 | Monday to Thursday: 9 am to 9 pm Friday: 9 am to 6 pm Saturday to Sunday: 9 am to 5 pm |
Vaughan Public Libraries, Bathurst Clark Resource Library 900 Clark Avenue West, Vaughan, ON |
| May 2024 | August 2024 | Wednesday to Sunday: 11 am to 4 pm Thursday: 11 am to 7 pm |
Chatham-Kent Museum 75 William Street North, Chatham, ON |
| February 5, 2024 | April 28, 2024 | Monday to Thursday: 9 am to 8 pm Friday: 9 am to 7 pm Saturday: 10 am to 2 pm |
Museum Strathroy-Caradoc 34 Frank Street, Strathroy, ON |
More locations coming soon.