SPY SHRINE

VISITORS EXPLORE THE SECRET AND EXCITING WORLD OF INTERNATIONAL ESPIONAGE.

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BY LAURA COCHRANE

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SMASHING, BABY: The exterior of the International Spy Museum.

Photography courtesy of the International Spy Museum

The nation’s only museum dedicated to the profession of espionage is located, appropriately enough, one block from FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C. With 95% of its contents devoted to real-life spies (read: not a shrine to James Bond), the International Spy Museum relies on authentic concealment devices, sabotage weapons, and ...

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