YOUR MISSION: Find the Museum Entrance

Fastest Route:

  • Please enter the glass doors. 
  • Take the escalator upstairs.
  • Walk down the hall to the center of the Food Court. You will see a Jamba Juice in front of you/at the center of the court.
  • Turn to your right and walk up the staircase. You will see the International Spy Museum name on our building (red sign with white lettering) as you walk up the stairs.
  • Exit the Food Court and walk to the covered plaza of the Museum towards your right.

If the glass door are locked:

  • Head down the sidewalk towards the traffic light/D Street, SW.
  • Safely cross the street using the crosswalk on the west side (closest to the USPS garage entrance).
  • Take the staircase going upstairs opposite the crosswalk.
  • At the top of the stairs, turn right and proceed walking to the right. You will see the International Spy Museum to your left. 

Accessible Route:

  • The International Spy Museum is located on L’Enfant Plaza SW. There is no elevator access to L’Enfant Plaza SW from 10th St.  
  • If driving, we recommend you park in the ACE Parking Garage behind you. There are elevators in the garage to the Plaza level where the Museum is located. (Please note that there is no sidewalk access to enter the parking garage from 10th St.)
  • If you do not have a vehicle, head down the sidewalk with the glass doors on your right and the street on your left. Take a right on D St SW.
  • Take a left on 7th St SW. (Note: At the corner of 7th St SW and Maryland Ave SW you can also take the free Southwest Shuttle. Take the shuttle two stops to L’Enfant Plaza and you will get off across the street from SPY.)
  • Turn left onto Independence Avenue SW. You will be heading west and walk past the Hirshhorn Museum and the Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building.
  • Turn left onto L’Enfant Plaza SW, heading south.
  • The Spy Museum will be on your left. 

For more detailed directions and maps, please visit our main Directions or Accessibility webpage.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!