Who We Are
The Cold War Museum® is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization dedicated to education, preservation, and research on the global, ideological, and political confrontations between East and West from the end of World War II to the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The Cold War Museum is an all-volunteer organization, drawing upon our staff's extensive Cold War experience as professionals in the military and intelligence communities. We are the Real People Explaining the Real Things.
The Museum is located in Vint Hill, VA, on the grounds of US Army Monitoring Station #1, a former Top Secret signals intelligence base just outside Gainesville, VA. The museum is housed in one of the original Vint Hill Farm Station buildings used during the Cold War by the US Army, the National Security Agency, and the Central Intelligence Agency to intercept and interpret coded messages.
Our collections cover the military, political, cultural, technological, and intelligence aspects of the Cold War. Our collections are particularly strong on signals intelligence, image intelligence, aerial surveillance, civil defense, Berlin, the East German secret police (STASI), the Cuban Missile Crisis, and events such as the Pueblo and Liberty incidents. The Museum shares a campus with The Inn at Vint Hill, the Vint Hill Craft Winery, the Covert Café, and Old Bust Head Brewing Company. For more information about the Museum and the Cold War, visit our website: www.coldwar.org.
What We Do
We use artifacts from the Cold War to tell true Cold War stories about the history of this period. We do this to educate students and future generations about the Cold War and its significance, and to honor the service of Cold War veterans.
