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THE INFORMANT
Volume #2 | Issue #2 | Summer 2023
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DEA Museum Staff Gear Up
to Highlight 50 Years of History
This July, DEA turns 50. As keepers of the agency’s history, Museum staff is working full throttle to augment permanent gallery content and experiences with two new exhibits and an anniversary history book. It’s a tough challenge, but the end results will engage and fascinate visitors later this year.
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DEA Museum Presents! 50 Years of DEA: Partnerships and Collaborations
Check out the Museum’s first program in its series on DEA’s big anniversary. For 50 years DEA has fought to keep Americans safe and healthy across the United States and around the world. This panel discussion explores how rich partnerships and collaborations help DEA further its mission.
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Stories from the Collection: Koi Fish
In this episode of “Stories from the Collection,” the DEA Museum looks back on a fishy smuggling operation in the 1980s. Drug traffickers in Shanghai, China, sowed ounces of heroin into koi fish destined for a San Francisco aquarium. Learn how the drugs were discovered and what it takes for DEA agents to spot hidden contraband.
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Behind the Scenes: BAT Class 238's Guidon Now on Display
The DEA Museum shares the Drug Enforcement Administration’s story, past and present. Its new design features a special changing display honoring recent Basic Agent Training (BAT) graduates. Visitors can now see a BAT guidon, or swallow-tailed flag, on display. The flag, and its donation to the Museum’s collection, is a DEA tradition.
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