The Bletchley Park Trust in Milton Keynes, England, has announced the completion of a three-phase, £13 million ($15.8 million) rehabilitation project for its historic grounds and buildings.

The project to restore and repurpose Bletchley Park—the site of Allied codebreaking during World War II—as a world-class learning center and museum included the refurbishment of Block A, which houses the permanent Intelligence Factory exhibit; the completion of the Collection Centre holding the trust’s archive of more than 420,000 items relating to the wartime story of Bletchley Park; a learning center designed for students from primary through secondary school; and a state-of-the-art, 250-seat auditorium and event space.

The new auditorium is named in recognition of support from the Post Office Remembrance Fellowship, whose gift honors the collaboration of the UK’s General Post Office (now part of BT Group) in providing telecommunication technologies for the wartime effort. Other funders include the Milton Keynes Community, Thomas L. Kempner, Foyle, Garfield Weston, and Wolfson foundations and Edmund O. Schweitzer III—an engineer and inventor in Pullman, Washington—and his wife Beatriz.

“Our ambition…was to [create] inspiring spaces where visitors could engage with the incredible stories of the women and men who worked here during World War II,” said Bletchley Trust CEO Iain Standen. “Buildings that were once closed off are now full of life, whether with visitors exploring exhibitions, researchers studying our rich archives, or learners enjoying our award-winning learning program.”

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