CIA Museum

The CIA Museum is an intelligence museum in Langley holding over 3000 declassified objects, including equipment, weapons, and surveillance devices from different time periods. The collection spans from materials dating to World War II through modern times.

The museum was founded in 2002 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Office of Strategic Services, an agency from the World War II era. It documents the evolution of intelligence work through the decades with objects from various periods.

The museum demonstrates how intelligence work evolved over decades and the role it played in American history. You see here how people attempted to gather and protect information using tools available to them.

The museum is located within the George Bush Center for Intelligence compound and is not always open for walk-in visits, so planning ahead is important. It regularly features changing exhibitions, so checking current offerings before your visit is worthwhile.

The Cold War Gallery houses one of the largest private collections of spy equipment and features objects from the United States, Soviet Union, and East Germany. This collection offers a rare look at espionage techniques from all sides of the Cold War.