The International Spy Museum is committed to providing a quality experience for all of our guests. For guests with special needs, please read the following for information about accommodation.
The Museum's Permanent Exhibition, Zola, Spy City Cafe, and Museum Store are fully wheelchair accessible. A limited number of wheelchairs may be borrowed at the Information Desk on a first-come-first-served basis. Guests are requested to leave a photo id at the Information Desk while using Museum wheelchairs.
Elevators provide access to all floors and exhibits. All restrooms in the Museum complex are wheelchair accessible. There is minimal seating in the Permanent Exhibition, with the exception of three theaters located at the beginning, middle, and end of the galleries. Click here for a floorplan for the Museum complex.
For Guests who are Blind or have Low Vision
There are many places in the International Spy Museum that feature tactile objects or audio components. For guests with sighted companions, a text-based map and description of these points of interest is available at the Information Desk in the Museum Lobby. If you prefer to download the map before your visit, please
click here. A tactile map and floor plan will be available in a few months. Guests are requested to leave a photo id at the Information Desk while using this map.
Guests may also participate in a regularly scheduled audio-described tour of the Museum. Led by a professional audio-describer, this tour is 90 minutes in length and covers the key content, labels, audio-visual presentations, and sites in the permanent exhibition, and includes tactile artifacts. The tour is included in the price of admission but advance registration is required. Additional tours may be provided with two-weeks advance notice, however, this is subject to the audio-describer’s availability. To register please call 202.654.0966.
Tours are currently scheduled for:
If you are unable to participate in this tour we offer a 20-minute tactile orientation presented by a staff person. This is not a tour but a presentation of key concepts with tactile artifacts. 48-hour advance notice is requested to schedule an orientation. To register please call 202.654.0966.
The International Spy Museum’s Spy’s Eye Captioning System© provides a state-of-the-art opportunity for guests to activate captions on videos in the Museum galleries with a credit-card sized triggering device worn around the neck. Guests can pick up a triggering device at the Museum's Information Desk, located in the Museum Lobby. Guests are requested to leave a photo id at the Information Desk while using the triggering devices. For audio-only presentations, look for scripts or wall text placed near each of these presentations.
Scripts or wall text for the audio presentations throughout the Museum are placed near each of these stations.
Sign language and oral interpreter services or realtime captioning is available for public programs with two weeks advance notice. Please call 202.654.0932 to request this service.
Guests with other special needs are invited to call ahead for information and to make arrangements. Phone 202.654.0966, toll free: 1.866.SPY.MUSEUM (866.779.6873); or TTY: 202.654.0977.
