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

Museum Insider Post / July 6, 2010

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 session or lecture to illustrate the history of the use of fingerprinting in law enforcement. …

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

Museum Insider Post / December 3, 2009

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 information about similar materials held by the Museum. In addition, because of rapid changes in …

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