With the winter holidays upon us, we thought we’d take a look at the collection to see what we had related to law enforcement and Thanksgiving.Photo, stereoview, 1938. 2006.369.1. Collection of the NLEM, Washington, DC.The photograph is a 1938 stereo…
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Making Connections with the NLEM Collection
Museums often collect individual objects because they are important in and of themselves. Sometimes, however, we are able to make connections among various items and are able to tell a broader story. That has happened with a number of items…
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Love and Law Enforcement
For four years we have been developing the collection of the National Law Enforcement Museum. One would think that, given the nature of policing, the bulk of what will be in the Museum’s collection is of a serious nature: uniforms,…
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Bringing the Museum Into Your Home: The NLEM’s Online Catalog
The National Law Enforcement Museum is one of only a few museums that has decided to catalog ALL of its collections—from books, manuscripts, and photographs to oral histories and three-dimensional artifacts—in one database, thus allowing access to all kinds of…
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