{"id":58145,"date":"2019-01-24T04:01:04","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T01:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.prestigtours.com\/novosti\/v-nu-iorke-otkrylsia-myzei-kgb.html"},"modified":"2019-01-24T04:01:04","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T01:01:04","slug":"v-nu-iorke-otkrylsia-myzei-kgb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.prestigtours.com\/en\/novosti\/v-nu-iorke-otkrylsia-myzei-kgb","title":{"rendered":"The KGB Museum has opened in New York."},"content":{"rendered":"

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A museum dedicated to the history and activities of the USSR State Security Committee (KGB) has opened in Manhattan, New York City. The KGB Spy Museum exhibition is based on a collection of objects and documents amassed over 30 years by Baltic \u00e9migr\u00e9 Julius Urbaitis.<\/p>\n

Urbaitis and his daughter, Agne, have become curators of the new museum, the New York Times reports. The museum's owners have chosen to remain anonymous.<\/p>\n

Visitors to the KGB Spy Museum will see a KGB officer's workstation: his desk, lamp, documents, a set of authentic seals, and an interactive exhibit\u2014an interrogation chair. The exhibition includes a collection of propaganda posters, a 1928 telephone exchange operated by an undercover NKVD agent, spy cameras and camouflage devices, unusual weapons, and even authentic KGB prison cell doors.<\/p>\n

The museum is located at 245 West 14th Street and is open from 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM. Tickets are $$25. A guided tour costs $$43.99.
\nIn 2014, the Urbaitis family opened the Atomic Bunker Museum in Kaunas, Lithuania.<\/p>\n

Source: travel.ru<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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