Recommended Visit in DC: The International Spy Museum

One of the more popular tourist destinations in DC is the International Spy Museum http://www.spymuseum.org/. In the nation's capital, nothing is more fun than international intrigue and espionage. The Spy Museum affords you the opportunity to learn and play as a spy!

This Saturday night beginning at 6:00 you can join Operation Spy, playing the role of a U.S. intelligence officer on an action-packed international mission. The hour-long interactive experience combines live-action, video, themed environments, special effects, and hands-on activities to create a series of reality-based challenges where participants think, feel, and act like a real intelligence officer in the field. Operation Spy is $14 and recommended for ages 12 and up.

Spy in the City allows you to take a GPS guided tour of DC as the museum sends you clues, codes and intercepts to help you complete a secret mission. It's sightseeing and role-playing all wrapped-up into one, and you can do this at any time you visit the museum.

For $59 a person, you can enjoy Spy City Tours, taking you by bus to see the site of the most notorious spy cases over the last 65 years. High-level former intelligence officers provide video briefings and tradecraft secrets as the tour winds its way through the city. This two hour tour features over 25 of Washington's most notable espionage sites used by some of the nation's most infamous spies!

The Spy Museum is located in Downtown, Washington, DC between 9th and 8th Streets at 800 F Street, NW. It is one block from the Gallery Place/China Town Metrorail Station and the MCI Center. It's six city blocks south of the Washington Convention Center straight down 9th Street NW. The Spy Museum is open from 9 AM - 7 PM daily with the last admission at 5 PM. Admission is $18 for Adults (ages 12-64) and $15 for Children (ages 5-11). Children under 5 years are free.