Private Tours at SPY

Private Guided Exhibit Tours

Enhance your visit during operating hours with a tour for just you and your group. Historians and former intelligence officers offer a true deep dive into the shadow world of espionage in our premium guided tour. Our experts, educators, and curators will fill your visit with insights into the history of intelligence and how our exhibits were created. Insider guides share our most popular content with surprising and unexpected extras.

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Guided Tours

Premium | Exclusive Espionage Experience | $$$

Premium guided tours are led by former intelligence officers and historians, creating the most unique tour experience that our Museum offers. These individuals have insights not only into the Museum’s content, but also the real world of spies. Leave your guests feeling truly wowed with this once-in-a-lifetime tour.

Expert | Tour with Museum Professionals | $$

Let our in-house experts deepen and enhance your visit. No one knows our content better than this group of educators and curators! They will share their favorite artifacts, give insight into how our exhibits were assembled, and ensure you leave with juicy stories of how espionage has shaped our world.

Insider | General Private Tour | $

Embark on our most popular tour! Our insider guides will showcase the coolest gadgets & most daring missions…that they are cleared to tell you. These tours will give you the inside scoop and memories to write home about! 


Family Highlights | Guided Tour

Engage the whole family in espionage! In this especially interactive tour, families will learn together about the world of spying from an expert educator. Recruits young and old will test their spy skills and get personalized insights into the Museum's collection.

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NEW! Vault Tours

Go beyond the exhibits with the International Spy Museum’s Vault Tours. Experience our newest behind-the-scenes offering at SPY. Join museum experts for an exclusive presentation of documents and artifacts not on display to the public. Dive even deeper into the shadowy world of espionage.

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Critical Intel

  • Tour Content:Permanent exhibit tour featuring your guide’s favorite stories and artifacts. Personalized tours tailored to specific interests can be arranged based on staff availability.
  • Group Size: A maximum of 10 guests per guide, up to a maximum of 40 guests total.
  • Age Requirement: 16 and older. For guests aged 10-16, please see Youth & Family Tour.
  • Duration:  Fees are based on a 90-minute tour.
  • Timing:  Tours are available seven days a week, any day of the year except for Thanksgiving and Christmas; based on guide availability. After hours fees apply.  
  • Fees:  Rates vary based on the tour level (Premium/Expert/Insider). Please submit a request for pricing specifications. Payment is due in full in advance of the tour.
  • Reservations:Subject to guide availability. Tours are scheduled up to 45 days in advance. 

  • Tour Content:  Permanent exhibit tour featuring your guide’s favorite stories and artifacts, along with interactive activities for the whole family.
  • Group Size:  A maximum of eight guests. 
  • Age Requirement: 10 and older; there must be at least one adult guest (18+) responsible for up to three guests aged 10 to 16.
  • Duration: Fees are based on a 60-minute tour
    • Please note: the tour time does not include time to complete the Museum's Undercover Mission interactive challenges, but families are more than welcome to complete them following the tour.
  • Timing: Tours are available seven days a week, any day of the year except for Thanksgiving and Christmas; based on guide availability. After hours and weekend fees apply.
  • Fees:  Please submit a request for pricing specifications. Payment is due in full in advance of the tour.
  • Reservations:  Subject to guide availability. Tours are scheduled up to 45 days in advance.

  • Tour Content: Exclusive, behind-the-scenes access to the museum’s private Vault.  Discover how SPY’s expert Exhibition Staff acquire, preserve, and showcase the world-class collection of 10,000 artifacts that bring the history of espionage to life. 
  • Group Size: A maximum of 15 guests per guide. 
  • Age Requirement: 16 and older. For guests aged 10-16, please seeYouth & Family Tour. 
  • Duration:  Fees are based on a 45-minute tour. 
  • Timing:  Tours are available during business hours Monday through Friday; based on guide availability. After hours fees apply.   
  • Fees: Please submit a request for pricing specifications. Payment is due in full in advance of the tour.
  • Reservations:  Subject to guide availability. Tours are scheduled up to 45 days in advance.  

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