Assume a Cover at the International Spy Museum
The International Spy Museum not only allows you to see interesting spy artifacts, films and documents, but it also allows you to assume the role of a spy with your own cover. As you enter the museum, you will choose a name, birth date, nationality and other defining characteristics from a list. Before you leave the first room, you should commit all of this information to memory. Throughout the museum there are different interactive exhibits that will test you on how well you have remembered your cover. In fact, museum guides acting as police will sometimes even question you about your identity. The museum is less than four miles from the Army and Navy Country Club.
International Spy Museum
800 F St. Northwest
Washington, D.C.
(202) Eye-SpyU
Spymuseum.org
Have an IMAX Experience at the National Air and Space Museum
Located among all of the airplanes and spaceships of the National Air and Space Museum is the Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater. This theater features larger-than-life shows throughout the day. One of the shows, "The Other Side of Infinity: Black Holes" takes viewers on a trip inside a black hole. Not only does it look to those in the theater as if they are in a black hole, but thanks to the surround sound, guests also get an even more authentic black hole experience. If you would like to keep your experience a little closer to our planet, consider watching "To Fly." This 27-minute film takes the theater guests on a hot air balloon ride, in a hang-glider off the coast of Hawaii and soaring through the sky with the Blue Angels. This museum is only a couple of miles from the East Potomac Park Golf Course.
Smithsonian National Air And Space Museum
Independence Ave. SW & 6th St. SW
Washington, DC 20472
(202) 633-1000
Nasm.si.edu
Find Pop Culture at the National Museum of American History
While this museum includes several historic artifacts important to the settling and establishment of the United States, it also has several exhibits that exist to remind us of how pop culture shapes the country. For example, while you are here, seek out Dorothy's ruby red slippers from "The Wizard of Oz," Prince's "Yellow-Cloud" guitar, Evel Knievel's Harley-Davidson and a 1955 Kermit the Frog puppet. Each of these items played some part in the evolution of pop culture in the United States. The museum is about four miles from the Fort Dupont Golf Course.
National Museum of American History
14 Constitution Ave NE
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 633-1000
Americanhistory.si.edu
About The Author
Chad Buleen is a Society of Professional Journalists-award winning newspaper and magazine writer and editor with more than 10 years' experience. He has been published in "Utah Spirit," "Charleston Gazette," "Idaho Falls Post Register" and numerous other publications. Buleen holds a Bachelor of Arts in communications with an emphasis in print journalism from Brigham Young University-Idaho.
