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Gallery Place–Chinatown |website = }} The International Spy Museum is a privately owned museum dedicated to the tradecraft, history and contemporary role of espionage, featuring the largest collection of international espionage artifacts currently on public display. The museum is located within the 1875 Le Droit Building in the Penn Quarter neighborhood of Washington, D.C., across the street from the Old Patent Office Building (which houses the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery) and one block south of the Gallery Place Metro station via Red, Green and Yellow lines. On September 23, 2013 it was announced by the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. that the International Spy Museum will be relocating to the society's Carnegie Library building at Mt. Vernon Square under a proposal that envisions a 40,000-square-foot underground addition for use by the museum, with a new glass structure on the north side of the building housing a visitor's center and other dining and entertainment venues.〔 Julie B. Koczela, Chair, Board of Trustees, Historical Society of Washington D.C.: "Special Announcement About the Carnegie Library at Mt. Vernon Square", e-mail to subscribers, 11:46 AM, 23 Sep 2013, press release, "Events DC and International Spy Museum Announce Plans to Redevelop the Carnegie Library at Mt. Vernon Square," http://www.eventsdc.com/NewsRoom/PressRelease/PressReleaseDetail.aspx?id=467&year=2013&utm_source=Julie+Announcement+Carnegie+Library+-+May+2013&utm_campaign=Sept+2013+-+Julie+Carnegie&utm_medium=email, accessed 23 Sep 2013.〕 ==History and formation== The museum was built and founded by Milton Maltz and The House on F Street, L.L.C. at a cost of approximately $40 million. The museum was first conceptualized in 1996 and opened to the public in 2002.〔Ensor, David (2002-7-19) ("Poison umbrellas, lethal lipstick: Spy museum opens" ). CNN. Retrieved August 16, 2013.〕 It is one of the few museums in Washington DC that charges admission fees.〔("Tickets" ). International Spy Museum. Retrieved August 16, 2013.〕 The International Spy Museum was formed as a for-profit organization by Milton Maltz and The Malrite Company. Milton Maltz, a code-breaker during the Korean War, founded the Malrite Communications Group in 1956 (which later became The Malrite Company) and was CEO until it was sold in 1998.〔Folkinshteyn, Benjamin, “Washington as First Action Hero: Museums Redefined,” DePaul Journal of Art, Technology & Intellectual Property Law (Fall 2007): 8.〕 The Malrite Company provided half of the foundation cost of the International Spy Museum. The other $20 million came from the District of Columbia as enterprise zone bonds and TIF bonds. The International Spy Museum is part of the ongoing rejuvenation of the Penn Quarter in D.C., kicked off in the 1980s by the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation.〔("36 C.F.R. Chapter IX – Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation" ). Retrieved April 22, 2011.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「International Spy Museum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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