Secrets, Ciphers, and Codes (Science Pop-up)

This science pop-up is for all the future spies in Otago.

Explore interactive, hands-on demonstrations into how keeping secrets has evolved, from earth-based methods to space photons!

At this pop-up on the Otago Museum Reserve, you can learn how to make secret messages that only your friends can understand using disappearing ink and Ancient Greek scytale ciphers. Then, learn what the future holds for space-based cryptography.

Make your own secret codes or decipher ours and get a prize.

If your child wants to grow up to be the next James Bond or Carmen Sandiego, this is the event for them!

Lab in a Box on the Museum Reserve