Fun and Quirky: The International Spy Museum

There are many people who don’t appreciate museums they might think of them as stuffy and boring. They might believe or have a bad memory of a very serious place with very serious people who seem to have no fun or sense of humor.  Well while there were some museums that did fit that mold most of today’s museums cater towards vivid, engaging and interactive exhibits that make the visitor want to come back.  There are even some museums that cater to the odd and that might make you state out loud “I didn’t know they had a museum for that”.  These are museums that cater to a much more unusual and diverse crowd.

One of the most unique and interested of these museums is the International Spy Museum located in Washington, D.C.  Here you can indulge your secret wish to become a spy for the U.S. government. As you enter you are given an identity that you must protect until you leave. You can walk through a cold war era faux tunnel that’s a replica of one built by the United States and British in cold war Berlin.  You see exhibits that explain the secret history of history and see how spies live among us. The unknowns and the famous people who were agents in the spy game of the last century.

While the museum offers a fascinating look at the who and where of the spy game it all allows us to see the ingenious gadgets spies used all over the world. You can see James Bond’s Aston Martin and other amazing spy memorabilia such as dead rag microphones, lipstick guns and umbrella pistols.  However, most people believe that the Spy Museums quirkiest feature is that you can crawl through the walls.  Yes! It’s true. The International Spy Museum has a series of air ducts where you the visitor can crawl through and spy on your fellow visitors.