Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, is launching a new series of interactive activities for children called “What’s your role?” from February 16 to February 20, 2026. The programme is designed to turn young visitors into active participants by giving them themed missions and hands‑on tasks to complete during the February half term.
Families will receive mission packs as they enter, which will guide them through the historic buildings and museum displays. According to the Bletchley Park Trust, the goal is to show how nearly 10,000 different people worked together at the site during World War II.
The event takes place around one year after the park launched its The Age of AI exhibition in February 2025, which links historic codebreaking to modern technology. The site also received government-backed Museum Estate and Development (MEND) funding in 2025 to help improve maintenance, accessibility and visitor facilities—work the trust says supports higher capacity during busy periods.
The activities form part of Bletchley Park Trust’s local engagement strategy as Milton Keynes begins its “Countdown to 60” cultural programme ahead of the city’s 60th anniversary. Organisers say the activities will help children understand how the people who worked at the park in the past helped shape the world they live in today.
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