Scoping out the International Spy Museum

Autor/in	Radosh, Ronald
Titel	Scoping out the International Spy Museum
Quelle	In: Academic Questions, 23 (2010) 3, S.287-297 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0895-4852
DOI	10.1007/s12129-010-9171-1
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; United States History; Popular Culture; War; Museums; Exhibits; Personal Narratives; District of Columbia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Popkultur; Krieg; Museum; Museumswesen; Museen; Erlebniserzählung
Abstract	The International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C.--a private museum that opened in July 2002 at the cost of $40 million--is rated as one of the most visited and popular tourist destinations in the nation's capital, despite stiff competition from the various public museums that are part of the Smithsonian. The popularity of the Spy Museum has a great deal to do with how espionage has been portrayed in the popular culture, especially in the movies. Indeed, the museum pays homage to cinema with its display of the first Aston Martin used by James Bond, when Agent 007 was played by Sean Connery in the films made during the JFK years. During his visit to the museum, the author observed groups of schoolchildren hovering around exhibits and actually learning something about American history. In this article, the author talks about the museum and offers a few criticisms of the section on the Cold War. He presents the response of the International Spy Museum and his reply. (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10