Silicon Valley favorites include the Tech Museum in San Jose and the Exploratorium in San Francisco.

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It won the first Tech Museum of Innovation Award in 2001 in the education category.

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While many visit the museum to spy high-tech gadgets and gather insights on the CIA, KGB, Interpol and other such organizations, Earnest and the museum founder, Milton Maltz, think terrorism is a natural fit with the museum's main theme -- spying.

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The Mexican tech companies showcased their products and services at a gathering at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif.

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The American Museum of Natural History has enlisted all manner of multi-media gizmos and high-tech gadgets to bring the story of the Endurance expedition to life.

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