{"id":72058,"date":"2023-01-20T18:07:34","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T18:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/01\/20\/defense-bill-oks-future-national-intelligence-museum\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:25:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:25:05","slug":"defense-bill-oks-future-national-intelligence-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2023\/01\/20\/defense-bill-oks-future-national-intelligence-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Defense bill OKs future national intelligence museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A new museum focusing on the intelligence and special operations communities is coming to northern Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In its latest national defense spending bill, Congress officially recognized the planned institution as The National Museum of Intelligence and Special Operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The $125 million privately funded facility is likely to hold a groundbreaking ceremony in July 2025 and officially open in late 2027, according to Charles Pinck, president of the organization developing the museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His group, The Office of Strategic Services Society, honors the agency that preceded U.S. Special Operations Command and the CIA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI hope people will take away how important these communities are to our national security and why they deserve our support,\u201d said Pinck in an interview with Military Times, adding he also wants the roughly 8.5-acre site in Ashburn to inspire future generations to serve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(Rendering of future National Museum of Intelligence and Special Operations \/ Courtesy of Charles Pinck, The OSS Society, Rendering by Fentress Architects)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The 60,000-square-foot museum is being designed by Fentress Architects, which also designed the National Museum of the Marine Corps. It is to be shaped as a spearhead \u2014 a symbol still used today by the special forces community \u2014 and will feature 14,000 square feet of exhibit space, an educational program area and an outdoor event pavilion naturally called \u201cTip of the Spear.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t