Now this is something you won’t chance to see up close and personal very often.

A new exhibition at the Diefenbaker Canada Centre on the University of Saskatchewan campus includes an authentic Second World War Enigma cipher machine.

The 500-square-foot show, called Cipher/Decipher, will highlight a wide range of historic communications encryption artifacts on loan from the Communications Security Establishment (CSE).

The exhibition allows visitors to scramble their own messages using a cipher wheel, see how an Enigma cipher machine works, and tackle puzzles to learn if they have what it takes to work in the field of cryptology.

Cipher/Decipher is set to open Wednesday and will run through to Sept. 11.

Tickets can be purchased for scheduled tours. Attendance is limited to ten people per tour in accordance with both the Re-Open Saskatchewan Plan and the USask Stages of Recovery guidelines.

For more information on how to book an exhibit tour, go here.