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The outside hasn't changed much.
Stefano Pozzebon/Business Insider
Bletchley Park is the secret British facility where Alan Turing and his assistants deciphered secret German codes in War World II.
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The Victorian house in Buckinghamshire is featured in the new film "The Imitation Game," starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Turing and Keira Knightley.
So how does the house look now?
Members of the British secret service first went to Bletchley Park in 1938, just one year before the start of the war. This is how the site looks in the movie.
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And here's a real photograph.
Bletchley Park Trust
Here's a view from the outside today. It doesn't look like much has changed.
Shaun Armstrong/Bletchley Park Trust
But inside, it's a different place.
Shaun Armstrong/Bletchley Park Trust
Bletchley park was used by the Government until 1987, when it was decommissioned.
Shaun Armstrong/Bletchley Park Trust
Since 1992, a memory trust manages the mansion and its park, which is now a tourist facility.
Shaun Armstrong/Bletchley Park Trust
Now, kids can learn about the history of Bletchley Park from explanatory panels.
Shaun Armstrong/Bletchley Park Trust
Or play around with coding machines as part of the exhibit.
Shaun Armstrong/Bletchley Park Trust
A section of the facility is dedicated to the movie, which was partly shot in the real Bletchley Park.
Shaun Armstrong/Bletchley Park Trust
A section of historic photographs shows Bletchley Park from when it was used by the Secret Service.
Shaun Armstrong/Bletchley Park Trust
But the main attraction is definitely the Enigma machine — the hardware used by the Germans to code their messages to military units throughout Europe.
Shaun Armstrong/Bletchley Park Trust
If it's sunny outside, people can enjoy a walk in the English-style garden.
Shaun Armstrong/Bletchley Park Trust
But in the 1940s the furniture was much more basic. Here is where the coded messages were recorded.
Stefano Pozzebon joins Business Insider through the Digital Journalism Fellowship program.A graduate from City University, London, Stefano is an Italian journalist and previously worked for The Times and Channel 4 before covering energy and the UK market for BI.
