YOUR MISSION: Find the Museum Entrance

Fastest Route:

  • Please enter the glass doors. 
  • Take the escalator to the right (going 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 with the doors on your left and the street on your right, towards Frontage Rd. 
  • Take a left on Frontage Rd and you will immediately see a brown staircase.
  • Take the stairs up 2 levels to L’Enfant Plaza SW and the Museum will be directly in front of you.

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.
  • At the corner of 7th St SW and Maryland Ave SW you can take the free Southwest Shuttle. Take the shuttle two stops to L’Enfant Plaza and you will get off across the street from SPY.

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

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!