Historical cipher machines and much more

Welcome at the Crypto Museum website. At present we are a virtual museum in The Netherlands, that can only be visited on the internet 24 hours a day. However, we do have a physical collection, and regularly organise exhibitions, events and lectures, in cooperation with other organisations. The main goal of Crypto Museum is to preserve history. This is done by collecting, restoring and describing historical cipher machines – such as the well-known Enigma machine – spy radio sets, intercept receivers and and other espionage-related items. For a detailed explanation of why we do this, please read our mission statement. Many of the items described on this website are part of the Crypto Museum collection, but some have only crossed our path briefly, or are impossible to obtain. Whenever possible, we have tried to describe the equipment to the best of our abilities. We are always interested in acquiring new equipment for the museum. If you have any questions or if you have something to offer, please do not hesistate to contact us. Your help is much appreciated. And if you want to make a donation, financial or otherwise, please click here.

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Agencies		Kits		Wanted		News		Events		Companies

Crypto Museum is a non-subsidised privately-owned virtual museum with a physical collection. The curators work very hard to bring an interesting and diverse collection together, to describe the various items in great detail, and to share this information with the rest of the world. If you are pleased with the information provided on this website, please consider making a donation.

• In memoriam: Arthur Bauer
  
• Exploding Hezbollah pagers and handheld radios
  
• Virtual M-209 cipher machine, a 3D simulator
  
• OVCISKLu donates KL-7 cipher machine to Crypto Museum
  
• Zodiac Killer message Z340 solved
  
• Photographs of Colossus in 1963 found
  
• Source code of reverse-engineered TETRA encryption algorithms now available
  
• Vulnerabilities found in TETRA encryption algorithms
  
• Exhibition Secret Messages 4 is go!
  
• New book about the Minifon wire and tape recorders
  
• FBI releases file about the Great Seal Bug
  

Tracer scd

GA-082

TopSec Mobile

PGFS-020

TH-3676

HRU-7000 Radio

M-130 rotors

BMR-1000

Prescaler

A100

T-109

MES 2/3

T-56

AG-13

Condenser PBJ

Enigma D A26

SSTR-1

TCU-7000

BID-460 Palladian

MTM-5400 TETRA

RT-1439 non-ICOM

MX-18290

KY-99 MINTERM

R-397-OK Okolsh

CSD-18

R-187-P1 Azart

400

PE-906

Bird Dog 360XT

TX-602D

Unitel 225

TX-916

RX-1000

RX-905

VR-2

OPEC

G rotor

Peterson

HX-63

PD-3

TopSec GSM

BPK-125

AR-924

IST-2

PLR

44 (BR-1)

PD-5

B2M

IP-19 Implant

IKAR

vIPer

Lesegerät MZL

L662

The Thing

Brahms

NEMA

Receiver		Spy set		Spy set

• Page about Micro-Tel updated
  
• Page about HRM-7000 (HF-7000) manpack radio rewritten
  
• Manual part 1 and 2 of FS-5000 (HARPOON) spy radio set added
  
• Enigma photo page updated
  
• Page about Reverse Caesar Cipher updated
  
• Teleprinter page updated
  
• Enigma G simulator in Javascript added
  
• Manufacturer ChiMaAG added
  
• Manufacturer Heimsoeth und Rinke added
  
• History of the BND added (released by CIA)
  
• Batteries added to Russian R-014D burst encoder
  

Main crypto page Enigma cipher machine Easy chair bugs

Wanted items Self-build kits Operation Rubicon

Cipher machines Spy radio sets Burst encoders Intercept receivers Covert equipment Telex machines Spy cameras Bugs Recording devices Codebreaking machines Concealed radios

Espionage stories Radio Radar Telephones People Manufacturers Intelligence agencies Publications Standards Miscellaneous

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People often ask us why we spend so much time with our cipher machines and with the Crypto Museum website. We have, of course, asked ourselves that question numerous times. If you want to know the answer, please read our Mission Statement. It's a long story, but we would be grateful if you took the time to read it. If you're in a hurry, please read at least the abstract. ➤ Read our mission statement

All images on this website are owned and copyrighted by Crypto Museum, unless stated other­wise. If you want to use any of them, please ask first. Under normal circumstances permission will be granted, provided that full credit is given to Crypto Museum and that they are used for non-commercial purposes. Commercial users may also contact us to arrange a suitable donation. If an image is not owned by us, you will have to ask the original owner for permission.