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700 L'Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, DC 20024

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(202) 393-7798

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spymuseum.org

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The International Spy Museum is an independent non-profit history museum which documents the tradecraft, history, and contemporary role of espionage. It holds the largest collection of international espionage artifacts on public display.

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