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Five Cool Artifacts in the Collections of the National Law Enforcement Museum

July 6, 2010

Tags: Adam-12, artifacts, Bertillon, collections, fingerprints, Forbes Stamp Company, Identi-Kit, Robocop II

We have so many interesting objects in our collections. Here are five I’ve selected, listed in no particular order. Photograph, ca. 1960. 2008.40.26. Collection of the NLEM, Washington, D.C. This image was probably used in a ca. 1960s FBI training…

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Making Connections with the NLEM Collection

June 18, 2010

Tags: civil service reform, collections, Irving Hall, National Law Enforcement Museum, political cartoon, Tammany Hall, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Nast

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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Bringing the Museum Into Your Home: The NLEM’s Online Catalog

December 3, 2009

Tags: artifacts, collections, FBI, online catalog, oral histories

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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