Last summer me, my mom, and my sister finally got a chance to visit the International Spy Museum. It has been on our list of places to visit since we first moved to the east coast back in 2018, but we just hadn't had the chance to go until now.
We had visited back in 2008, when we were still living in Washington (state) and visited Washington D.C. for the first time. But since then the museum has moved into a much larger location and has expanded quite a bit.
It's recommended you purchase tickets in advance as it books up quickly (especially during the summer.) so that is what we did. It's mostly just to stagger the start times so there aren't too many people all at once. It makes it easier to look around and not feel so crowded.
Upon arrival you are checked in and your group (there were only a couple of other people in our group) are given a short description on what happens next, then we were put into an elevator where we are given a briefing on spy craft and what we will be seeing.
Once off the elevator you are given the option to participate in an Undercover Mission where you get to create an identity so you can test your spy skills throughout the museum. You have to memorize your identity and mission objective and are tested at different stations throughout the museum to see if you can keep your cover. There were memory questions relating to your cover, seek-and-find type puzzles, and also a decoding puzzle.
I actually recognized a lot of the names/people/stories mentioned throughout the museum from listening to the True Spies podcast. So it was kind of fun to see some of the stories I had only listened to before!
Overall we really enjoyed our visit to the museum! It was so fun and interesting! There was really so much to see and learn about and I would highly recommend visiting if you are ever in Washington D.C.!
And for the record we all successfully completed our missions and kept our covers!
I though the propaganda exhibit was pretty interesting!
The James Bond car
What is the best or most fun museum you have visited?
This one has been on my list forever! I thought it would be so much fun to take my boys when they were younger.
ReplyDeleteJust casually catching up on months of blogging. 😂 I haven't thought of the International Spy Museum in DECADES, but we totally went there on a class field trip in high school!
ReplyDeleteUnrelated, but did you tweak your header? I love the font! (Maybe I just haven't seen it in awhile, haha.)
It's such a great museum! I think you would all really like it! I would definitely recommend visiting if you're ever in D.C.!
ReplyDeleteThat would be a fun school field trip! It's definitely a great museum!
ReplyDeleteAnd I did change the header! I updated a few other things on the layout as well!