The next day we played golf at the course on Andrews AFB. Although we didn’t think it was anything special, many presidents have played there. The last one to play there was Obama.
That was short and sweet so I’ll combine 2 posts here. The day after golf we went to the International Spy Museum. Jamie found this place and it sounded very intriguing. The museum opened in 2002 and has the largest display of espionage artifacts in the world. It was a combination of a huge collection of spy gear, stories of real life spies and lots of interactive displays. You started out by being given a “secret code” name with a mission to complete. It was sort of lame but sort of fun. You didn’t have to do it but it did add to the experience. It was very unique and we really enjoyed it. They even had the original 1964 James Bond Aston Martin DB5, complete with machine guns, tire slashers, oil jets, rotating license plate, and ejector seat!
A collection of cipher machines from throughout the years
A 1937 German encryption machine. The only known one remaining out of 24 builtPart of Colossus, a cipher computer built in 1944 to crack the codes created by the German machine aboveThe ciphering device that cracked the Japanese codes that were sent to it’s embassy in America prior to the Pearl Harbor attack. Unfortunately, the message didn’t get to Pearl Harbor in timeAn outfit worn by Mata Hari, a Dutch in the early 1900’s exotic dancer who used her sexuality to obtain secrets which she sold to the highest bidders. She was executed by firing squadA tear gas pen on the right and a knife to cut through door locks, window bars and padlocksPencils with a concealed daggerA hat that contains a holster that holds a small pistolThe Germans used pigeons to attach a camera for spying in the early 1900’sOriginal printing plate the Nazi’s made to use counterfeit British money to pay informantsThe 1964 James Bond Aston MartinThe Turtle. A pedal powered submarine designed by David Bushnell in 1776 to slip into New York Harbor to attach a bomb to a British warship. It didn’t work, he ran out of air
