Our first stop on our whirlwind tour of Washington was the International Spy Museum where we learned all about the world of spies.
It is appropriately located near the FBI building.
We learned all about the "game" of spying.
The museum covers the secrets of the second oldest profession. Even Moses sent spies into the Promised Land!
Ninjas are (or were) considered spies too!
They even had a German enigma machine. It produced a cipher thought to be unbreakable. Allied cryptanalysts finally succeeded in cracking it during WWII.
The museum also demonstrated different ways of killing your enemy with poisonous gas.
An American diplomat used his son's toy to smuggle sensitive information back to the states.
One of the most interesting exhibits was a special one celebrating 50 years of Bond villains.
Who doesn't remember the ultimate spy car? James Bond's Aston Martin is fully loaded with tire shredders, machine guns, and rotating license plates.
While James Bond is a fictional spy, his creator, Ian Fleming, was a real spy.
There was a LOT more to see at the spy museum - but it's a secret.
I had no idea there was such a museum!
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