Almost nothing tangible remains of genius Bletchley Park codebreaker, Alan Turing; so when an extremely rare collection of offprints relating to his life and work was set to go to auction last year, a campaign was launched to raise funds to purchase them for the Bletchley Park Trust and its Museum.
The Trust is today delighted to announce that the collection has been saved for the nation as the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) has stepped in quickly to provide £213,437, the final piece of funding required.
Read the full press release from Bletchley Park here.
Picture courtesy of Dr Sue Black showing some of the papers at Bletchley Park this morning.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Eleventh hour rescue of Turing collection
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