Sep 1, 2022 | Communism, Exhibits, News
Cold War Close-up: Gorbachev Wrestling Jacket In the special exhibit Cold War: Soviets, Spies and Secrets visitors can view a jacket made for Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev, who passed away this week at the age of 91 and is credited with helping bring an end to the...
Aug 30, 2022 | Foreign Policy, News
Announcing the Grand Strategy Summit Fifty years have passed since President Nixon’s historic trip to China and the great power competition between the United States, Russia and China has returned. This time, Moscow and Beijing are banded together in an alliance...
Aug 25, 2022 | Communism, Exhibits, News
3-2-1….Launch. Cold War: Soviets, Spies and Secrets features a unique interactive experience that simulates the intensity of launching a ballistic missile. Visitors are able to stand at a submarine console, turn a key to arm the system and countdown as a missile test...
Aug 18, 2022 | Communism, Exhibits, News
During the Cold War, espionage was raised to an art form by both the United States and the Soviet Union. Advances in technology expanded beyond centuries old spying techniques, such as the use of coded messages, double agents, and invisible ink to raise the art of spy...
Aug 11, 2022 | Communism, Exhibits, News
First glance at the spy section in Cold War: Soviets, Spies and Secrets might have visitors thinking they are looking at props straight from the movie screen as maybe the creative work of Q, the gadget inventor for the fictional spy James Bond, but they are actual...
Aug 4, 2022 | Communism, Exhibits, News
A unique experience in the special exhibit Cold War: Soviets, Spies and Secrets is being able to step into a fallout shelter. Built using authentic Cold War-era plans from a local Orange County, California, shelter, visitors get to view the full scope of preparations...
