Spy Museum in Finland, Tampere Resort
Rating: 8,1/10 (242 votes)  The Espionage Museum is the only European museum dedicated to espionage. Located in Tampere, Finland. The second museum with this theme is located in Washington, USA. The museum was founded in 1998 by Teppo Turja and today is housed in one of the premises of a former factory in the center of Tampere. The espionage museum houses more than 400 exhibits, including various eavesdropping devices, hidden video cameras, cameras-lighters, encryption machines, various hiding places and other items. A unique exhibit is kept here - the only aerial camera in Finland during the First World War. Here is a KGB camera, also the only one preserved in the country. A variety of weapons are presented, including, in the form of a cane, umbrella, sword, pen; revolver for 10 bullets, disguised as a measuring tape. The most popular spy cameras of the Minox series, created by Walter Zapp, are also presented in the espionage museum - the first model of the camera, Minox-Riga, is kept here. The exhibit contains two radio stations belonging to the CIA, found near Tampere. These radio stations were created for intercontinental sending and receiving messages. During the Cold War, William Colby created a whole spy network in Finland to which these radio stations belonged. The collection contains the Finnish radio transmitter"Tear", rare types of devices for ground listening, teletype"Hell" and various other radio transmitters of the war years. A separate part of the museum exhibition tells about the work of the British intelligence and sabotage service during the Second World War - the Office of Special Operations. The Tampere Spy Museum has the opportunity to test a program that steals emails and other information. A miniature device, no larger than a flash drive, is connected to the computer, on which you can record all the texts typed from the keyboard of this computer. There are two lie detectors in a specially equipped room. The obsolete model is in the briefcase and is used by telephone. The later model, developed by the Mossad of Israel, looks different and analyzes not only the voice, but also other human reactions, in particular, physiological. Museum visitors are offered a unique opportunity to test their strengths in an agency test that tests field work skills. The test consists of eight tasks: breaking the code, repelling an attack, searching for a pistol with a metal detector and others. It takes 30-45 minutes to pass the test, and upon completion of the test, each participant receives a diploma with recommendations to one or another intelligence service, depending on the results obtained.    repelling an attack, searching for a pistol with a metal detector and others. It takes 30-45 minutes to pass the test, and upon completion of the test, each participant receives a diploma with recommendations to one or another intelligence service, depending on the results obtained. repelling an attack, searching for a pistol with a metal detector and others. It takes 30-45 minutes to complete the test, and upon completion of the test, each participant receives a diploma with recommendations to one or another intelligence service, depending on the results obtained.We also recommend reading Old Church of Messukyla in Finland, Tampere resort Topic: Spy Museum in Finland, Tampere Resort. |
