The History of the International Spy Museum with Anna Slafer | SpyCast

🎙️ SpyCast Ep 661: "Two Decades at the International Spy Museum" with Anna Slafer

Join founding SPY team member Anna Slafer and host Andrew Hammond as they explore the International Spy Museum's journey from ambitious startup to world-class institution. Learn how SPY brings espionage history to life through artifacts and storytelling.

🎯 Quote: "We structured the museum so people could understand: How does [spying] work? Who does it? What is my role? And we wanted to look at the good, the bad, and the ugly."

Topics:
➡️ Building a spy museum from scratch
➡️ Milton Maltz's founding vision
➡️ Creating engaging espionage exhibits
➡️ The challenges of curating classified history

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HOST - Dr. Andrew Hammond, Ph.D. is Historian & Curator at the International Spy Museum, home of the world's preeminent collection of intelligence-related artifacts. He is author of the forthcoming book: "Struggles for Freedom": Afghanistan & US Foreign Policy Since 1979.

The International Spy Museum (SPY) is an independent nonprofit museum which documents the tradecraft, history, and contemporary role of espionage. It holds the largest collection of international espionage artifacts on public display. To plan a visit to the International Spy Museum: https://www.spymuseum.org/