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Museums, Historical Sites, and ZoosDistrict of Columbia, United States51-200 Employees
The International Spy Museum is a private nonprofit organization operating as a museum in the Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos sector, located at 700 L'enfant Plaza Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia 20024, United States. It opened on July 19, 2002 as a 501(c)(3) private non-profit, and it is the only public museum in the United States solely dedicated to espionage and the only museum globally to present a worldwide perspective on this field. The museum houses what it describes as the largest collection of international espionage artifacts on public display, with many objects shown to the public for the first time and used to illustrate the work of spies and pivotal espionage actions. Its mission is to educate the public about espionage and intelligence in an engaging way and to provide context that helps visitors understand the role of espionage in current and historic events, with a focus on human intelligence and an apolitical presentation of the history of espionage. The organization employs between 51 and 200 people.