The CELL

After 9/11, terrorism has been on the minds of every American.  At the Counterterrorism Education Learning Lab— or C.E.L.L.—in Denver, Colorado, visitors learn not only about terrorism as an ongoing threat, but also learn what they can do to help prevent future terrorist attacks.  

In addition to educating visitors in its museum exhibits, C.E.L.L. also has a wide-reaching community education and involvement program.  They have even been invited to teach terrorism prevention across the country and train security professionals before such major events as the Super Bowl and World Series.  Museum website: www.thecell.org

SPYSCAPE

When most people hear or read about spying, they usually think of “Bond … James Bond” and they have mental images of fancy surveillance gadgets or sophisticated computer systems working to track down “Bourne … Jason Bourne.”

At SPYSCAPE in New York City, museum visitors are exposed to a much wider range of spy-related activities such as the history of espionage, famous spies, and even, yes, the gadgets which have actually been used by the spies of the past.  SPYSCAPE also presents spying as more of an everyday experience than most people realize: corporations use methods akin to spying to discover your book-buying preferences, for example.  SPYSCAPE will also test you to see what kind of spying you would be best at— so they shall spy on your abilities to spy. Museum website: www.spyscape.com