Codebreaker Alan Turing's papers saved for Bletchley Park Museum

A last-minute donation from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) has ensured that the most complete collection of codebreaker Alan Turing's work will remain at Bletchley Park.

It was looking likely that the money needed to save the papers would not be raised until the National Heritage Memorial Fund stepped in to provide the £213,437 needed.

When it was first announced that they could be lost a campaign to save the Turing papers for Bletchley Park was launched to raise the money needed to keep them on public display at the museum.

£28,500 was donated by the public within the first 11 days of the campaign, while Google pledged $100,000 (around £62,000). The sum donated by the NHMF ensures that the papers on codebreaking and computing, considered to be of huge cultural importance, will remain at Bletchley Park.

Dame Jenny Abramsky, chair of the NHMF, said: "This is such welcome news. Alan Turing was a true war hero and played an absolutely crucial role during the Second World War."

The collection includes offprints of 16 of Turing's 18 published works including his paper 'On Computable Numbers'. The collection of Turing's work is rare as most of the wartime records at Bletchley Park were destroyed after the war, while Turing kept little of his work.

Simon Greenish, CEO of the Bletchley Park Trust said: "We are delighted to have the collection here at Bletchley Park, which is surely its most fitting home, and it will be an incredible addition to the visitor experience."

Now the works have been secured, it is hoped the collection will be on display at the museum in the late spring