Come Spy With Me

This week my dream is to become a member of the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C. 

I first heard about the Museum through the show "Mysteries at the Museum." Of all the museums that the show has shown, the International Spy Museum is the most intriguing one I have seen.

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The museum offers different types of membership; but, the membership I am most interested in is the Agent X membership. With this membership I would be getting all of the benefits that basic members get as well as attending a cocktail party with real spies, guest passes and a $25 gift card to the museum store.  

The museum has exhibits and collections that show the history and craft of espionage, not only in the United States but internationally as well. They have items that have been used by real spies and items from spy movies. Some items that they have on display are disguised weapons, and concealment devices for different objects such as weapons, cameras and transmitters and photos and documentation of known and captured spies. This is just a little of what the museum has. There is some objects that are more exciting than others. Espionage is so interesting to me; so, every object is exciting to me.

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The museum also offers interactive spy experiences such as Operation Spy and Spy City. In Operation Spy, you become the spy and are tasked with a mission. This experience takes place in the museum. You will be able to do activities that real spies actually do. Some of those activities are decryption and interrogation, also you will have to get in and out of secure places without getting caught. In Spy City, you are equipped with a GPS device and sent outside on a secret mission. You still do activities that spies do. Both sound and look like so much fun. I am dreaming of a time when I will be able to.

However, the cost-of-living is so high in Washington D.C., that the closest I will come to achieving this dream is visiting the museum on a trip to the Capitol.