The International Spy Museum

International Spy Museum is the only public museum in the U.S. dedicated to the tradecraft, history & contemporary role of espionage.

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Join us in person or online Thursday, July 23, for our next Spy Chat!

Register here: https://t.co/ijqw9Usze5

This will be a timely discussion of the latest intelligence, national security, counterintelligence, and espionage issues with a very special guest, Assistant Director of the FBI's Counterintelligence and Espionage Division, Roman Rozhavsky.

Spy Museum Executive Director Chris Costa will lead the briefing. Costa, a former intelligence officer with 34 years of service, including 25 on active duty in hot spots such as Panama, Bosnia, Afghanistan, and Iraq, is also a former special assistant to the president and senior director for counterterrorism on the National Security Council.

Following the discussion, whether you're attending online or in person, you'll be able to ask all your pressing espionage questions.

#SpyChat #FBI #CounterIntelligence

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New SpyCast episode! 💻

Watch here: https://t.co/TGdAv6TxJR

At 23, Ahana Datta Fasel became the British government's first ethical hacker, testing government systems against the same tactics real adversaries use.

Now she joins SpyCast Host @SashaIngber to unpack China's cyber espionage machine, drawing from her book "Full Stack Spies: Cyber Espionage in the Age of US-China Competition."

They'll unpack tech rivalries, betrayals, and Beijing's most destructive cyber operations.

#Hacking #SpyCast #EthicalHacker

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Bold stripes. Clashing zigzags. A U-boat commander who can't tell which way you're headed. That's "dazzle" camouflage, the WWI idea from marine artist Norman Wilkinson that confused the enemy instead of hiding from it.

A joint post with @UKinUSA on one of history’s boldest deception tactics.

#WWI #BritishHistory #SpyCamo

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We've been spying on our guests, and some of the covert conversations we picked up were too good not to share. 🕵️‍♂️ 👀

#Overheard #SpyMuseum

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New SpyCast!

Access to advanced weapons systems. A foreign agent. A PayPal payment. NCIS case agent Mike Garzon sits down with SpyCast host @SashaIngber to unpack the first Navy espionage case prosecuted start to finish in decades.

Watch here: https://t.co/tGgRFtiPhV

#SpyCast #Navy #NCIS

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Miles Morales vanishing mid-swing. Wonder Woman's invisible jet. Translucent from The Boys. Pop culture can't stop dreaming about disappearing, and honestly, neither can we.

Camouflage is the original invisibility: a science-driven art that helps spies and soldiers blend in, distort, disguise, and deceive. From natural mimicry to cutting-edge tech, the line between fiction and reality is thinner than you think.

See how close they get. Visit our special exhibit, "Camouflage: Designed to Deceive."

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#Camouflage #Invisibility #PopCulture

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Artifacts that changed history? ✔️

Did you know that at the International Spy Museum, we have the original 1777 letter from George Washington authorizing America’s first civilian intelligence network?

As the US approaches its 250th anniversary, this letter marks the birth of American espionage and a turning point in how freedom was defended through ingenuity, secrecy, and intelligence.

The real letter is on display now until Labor Day!

Want to help preserve artifacts like these? Donate here: https://t.co/iIWzu7i1EY

#America250 #GeorgeWashington #SpyArtifact

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November 1983 was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war...even closer than the Cuban Missile Crisis. And yet almost no one knows about it.

Watch here: https://t.co/pIyRoqXBnV

Able Archer 83 was a NATO military exercise that Moscow nearly interpreted as the opening move of a US nuclear strike.

This week, SpyCast guest host Mark Jacobson sits down with Brian Morra, a US Air Force intelligence officer who had a front-row seat to the chaos in 1983, to discuss how heightened Cold War tension, miscommunication, and a series of near-misses brought the world to the brink.

#1983 #NuclearNearMiss #SpyCast

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In 1776, one man cranked and pedaled a wooden submarine through New York Harbor in the dead of night, guided only by bioluminescent fungus, to plant a bomb underneath a British warship. While the mission was a failure, the Turtle changed warfare forever. This operation was the first time in history that a submarine was used in combat.

Experience America's 250th at Spy: https://t.co/egvEHHIqrk

The replica submarine shown in this video is David Bushnell's Submarine “Turtle," created by Rick and Laura Brown, Handshouse Studios, 2002.

Rick and Laura Brown of Handshouse Studio led the building of a replica of this wooden submarine, nicknamed the "Turtle," using only the tools and technologies of the day. With help from students and professional craftsmen, plus the submarine expertise of the United States Naval Academy, they built, tested, and ultimately proved Bushnell's seemingly radical idea.

Check out the "Turtle" on display in the Spy Museum lobby!

#AmericanHistory #Submarine

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Watch the full SpyCast episode with Karen Schaefer: https://t.co/8JVRvcaxCb

#SpyCast #CIA

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To wrap up Pride Month, we're featuring the undercover hero who outsmarted the Nazis and saved 60,000+ priceless artworks: Rose Valland. 🖼️ #PrideMonth #WW2 #WomensHistory

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See a piece of US history!

As part of America's 250th birthday, we’re inviting you to help safeguard the next 250 years of intelligence storytelling.

A gift of $250 can help us preserve artifacts (like this letter), expand access, and share more stories with the world. Will you help protect the history that once protected a nation? 🕵️‍♂️

Donate here: https://t.co/iIWzu7i1EY

#America250 #GeorgeWashington #ArtifactPreservation

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New SpyCast episode!

Watch here: https://t.co/bkniwFHCms

Since its emergence in 2014, the Wagner Group has operated as the Kremlin's shadow army, deploying mercenaries across Africa and the Middle East. It gave Vladimir Putin plausible deniability, expanding Moscow's geopolitical influence by propping up leaders through military assistance and securing Russia's economic interests through weapons deals and access to natural resources. Three years ago this week, its financier and leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, launched a failed rebellion. He then died an untimely death, and Putin's security services moved to assert direct control of the paramilitary.

This week, @SashaIngber sits down with @CandaceRondeaux, author of Putin's Sledgehammer: The Wagner Group and Russia's Collapse into Mercenary Chaos, to examine Wagner's successor, Africa Corps, and its struggles and conquests as it keeps Putin's war machine churning.

#Mercenaries #WagnerGroup #SpyCast

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Watch the full SpyCast episode with Karen Schaefer: https://t.co/8JVRvcaxCb

#WomenInEspionage #SpyCast #Podcast

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We asked our staff dads to share their best spy-themed dad jokes. The mission was a success. The groan count was not low. Happy Father's Day to dads everywhere.

#FathersDay #DadJokes

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From June 19 through July 12, our Tradecraft Try-Its invite you to think like a spy. Test your spy skills - write in invisible ink like George Washington, pass secret notes like Virginia Hall, piece together your secret escape map. No registration required.

Experience spycraft like never before for America's 250 at the Spy Museum:
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Indoor activities require Museum admission; free activities on the outdoor plaza (weather permitting).

#America250 #HandsOn #SpyMuseum

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New SpyCast episode!

A LinkedIn message. A plane ticket to China. Financial Rewards. What started as an invitation to give a presentation overseas ended with the first Chinese spy ever extradited to the United States to stand trial. The full story on this week's SpyCast hosted by @SashaIngber.

Watch here: https://t.co/h6xtUJmY93

#SpyCast #ChineseEspionage #SpyRecruitment

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Great use of free will. #SpyMuseum #VentCrawl #FreeWill

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🕵️ SPY with Me is back for June!

Our virtual program for individuals living with dementia and their care partners returns with another hour of music, artifacts, and spy stories.

📅 Tuesday, June 23, 2026
🕑 2:00-3:00 PM ET
📍 Online via Zoom

🔗 Register here: https://t.co/eJbXRkxcrb

#DementiaProgram #MemoryLossProgram

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Think you have what it takes to out-spy your colleagues? The Spy Museum Scavenger Hunt puts your team on a covert mission through our exhibits: 90 minutes, 20 questions, one winning team.

Book your mission: https://t.co/JjMepSC0WI

#TeamBuilding #ScavengerHunt