Educators' Open House

Rendezvous Info

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Briefing

Calling All Teachers!

Join us for a day of fun and excitement at the International Spy Museum

  • Experience a true Spy’s Eye View from Executive Director, Peter Earnest, a 36 year veteran of the CIA’s Clandestine Service
  • Make Classroom Connections and learn how to integrate SPY into your curriculum with free lesson plans and resources
  • Uncover the Secret History of History as you stroll through the Museum with Historian - Mark Stout, a 20 year veteran of the national security community
  • Explore Spy Gadgets: From the 1st to 21st Century
  • Test your spy skills in our interactive adventure Operation Spy

EXHIBITIONS

Through the Day

School for Spies & The Secret History of History
3rd and 1st Floors
Explore the Museum’s Permanent Exhibition

Operation Spy (requires entry time)
2nd Floor
Receive a deployment time at the Registration Desk to visit the fictional foreign country of Khandar and test your spy skills as an American Intelligence Officer.

Educational Resources
2nd Floor (Venona Room)
Find cross-curriculum espionage themed lesson plans, bibliographies, and activity sheets.

Retail Resources
2nd Floor (Venona Room)
Find resources for you and your students that open the door to the shadow world of spying. Today educators receive a 20% discount on all purchases!

2012-2013 Field Trip Planning
2nd Floor (Venona Room)
Meet the Museum’s sales team and learn about how to book a group visit or student program.

Raffle Prize Give-Away
2nd Floor (Venona Room)
Enter to win a classroom package of student rewards and teacher tools as well as a complimentary field trip for your class during the 2012-2013 school year!

Food and Drink
Coffee, Tea, Sodas and Snacks
Peruse the Museum’s educational resources and new 2012-2013 programming while enjoying snacks.

SCHEDULED EVENTS

The Spy’s Eye View 
2nd Floor (Ultra Room)
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm or 1:10 pm - 1:30 pm
Meet Peter Earnest, Executive Director and former Spy! Mr. Earnest’s thirty-six year-CIA career included over twenty years in the Agency’s Clandestine Service. A member of the CIA’s Senior Intelligence Service, he was awarded the Agency’s Intelligence Medal of Merit for “superior performance” throughout his career. Mr. Earnest will provide insider information on intelligence in today’s world and will allow the audience to “interrogate” him!

Behind-The-Scenes with the Museum’s Historian
Sneak into a behind-the-scenes briefing with Museum Historian, Dr. Mark Stout

11:10 am - 11:30 am | Spy Gadgets: Then and Now in the 21st Century
3rd Fl: Dagger Gallery

12:40 pm - 1:00 pm | Civil War/Revolutionary War
3rd Fl: Civil War Spies

Workshop Sampler
10:30 am - 11:00 am or 11:30 am - 12:00 pm or 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Go on a mission to explore the Museum’s on-site student workshops. This sampler session will provide teachers with a hands-on look at two the Museum’s student workshop offerings.

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