A museum dedicated to the history and activities of the USSR State Security Committee has opened in Manhattan, New York. The KGB Spy Museum exhibition is based on a collection of items and documents by the Baltic emigrant Julius Urbaitis, which he collected over 30 years.
Urbaitis and his daughter Agne are curators of the new museum, the New York Times reports. The museum's owners have chosen to remain anonymous.
Visitors to the KGB Spy Museum will see the workplace of a KGB officer: his desk, lamp, documents, a set of authentic seals and an interactive exhibit – an interrogation chair. The exhibition includes a collection of propaganda posters, a telephone exchange from 1928, the operator of which was a secret NKVD officer, spy cameras and camouflage devices, unusual weapons and even authentic doors of the KGB special detention facility.
The museum is located at 245 West 14th Street and is open from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $$25. A guided tour is $$43.99.
In 2014, the Urbaitis family opened the Atomic Bunker Museum in Kaunas, Lithuania.
Source: travel.ru