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Spycraft: Inside the World of Espionage pulls back the curtain on the secret world of spies and intelligence. Step into historic missions, test the tools of the trade, and uncover the people, risks, and split-second decisions that shaped espionage.
Can you spot the detail everyone else missed, separate fact from deception, or make the right call with only part of the story? Follow the intelligence cycle from planning and collection to analysis, communication, and decision-making as you take on hands-on challenges, sharpen your spycraft skills, and discover how hidden information has changed the course of history.
Explore gripping espionage stories from the American Revolution, World War II, the Cold War, and beyond. Meet the daring spies, brilliant analysts, masterful spymasters, and bold decision-makers who operated behind the scenes, then step into their world. Put your skills to the test in a final mission where every clue matters, every decision carries weight, and observation, critical thinking, collaboration, and judgment could change the outcome.
Highlights
Spot What Matters
Decode messages, spot patterns, and uncover hidden information using techniques inspired by real intelligence work.
Go Undercover
Meet the people behind historic espionage operations and discover the skills, risks, and relationships that made their missions possible.
Read Between the Lines
Investigate clues, evaluate sources, and separate signal from noise as information moves through the intelligence cycle.
Change the Course of History
Discover how intelligence shaped revolutions, wars, and global events, then face the question at the heart of espionage: What would you do with what you know?
This exhibition is in development and subject to change.
