MI5: Official Secrets - Online Curator Tour

Step inside MI5 and explore the hidden world behind British Intelligence with curator Mark Dunton.

For most of its history, MI5 has worked almost entirely in secret. Operating in the shadows enabled the intelligence agency to deal effectively with covert threats and to protect its agents, people and operations.

But in the 1990s, everything changed. For the first time, MI5 publicly named its Director General. It advertised for recruits in a national newspaper. And it began to release files to The National Archives.

Discover an ever-changing world of subversion and espionage over MI5's 115-year old history in a ground-breaking exhibition that will take you behind the scenes of one of Britain’s most iconic institutions.

This online event will last approximately one hour comprised of a pre-recorded film followed by a live audience Q&A with exhibition curator, Mark Dunton.

Discover the full season of events accompanying our free exhibition, MI5: Official Secrets open from 5 April to 28 September.

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