Field Trip: International Spy Museum
Thursday, August 16, 1:15-5:00 PM
Self-Guided
This field trip will cap off UX Week 2007, bringing the discussion of user experience and interaction design out into everyday life in Washington, DC. Be sure to attend Cybelle Jones' (Creative Director, Gallagher Associates) and Robert Freeland's (Quatrefoil) morning discussion, International Spy Museum: Orchestrating the User Experience.
About International Spy Museum
Learn about the authentic tradecraft that has been used throughout time and around the world. Hear spies, in their own words, describe the challenges and the "game" of spying.
A spy must live a life of lies. Adopt a cover identity and learn why an operative needs one. See the credentials an agent must have to get in-or out, as in the case of six Americans exfiltrated from revolutionary Iran in 1979, courtesy of the Canadian Ambassador-and the CIA. Proceed directly to the Briefing Film where you'll come face to face with the real world of spying.
Examine over 200 spy gadgets, weapons, bugs, cameras, vehicles, and technologies. Learn about microdots and invisible ink, buttonhole cameras and submarine recording systems, bugs of all sizes and kinds, and ingenious disguise techniques developed by Hollywood for the CIA. Uncover the stories behind the spycraft, why and how these artifacts were developed, and by which side. Survey over 50 years of spy technology, developed by agencies from the OSS to the KGB, and still in use today.