National Law Enforcement Museum – Virtual Tour

The National Law Enforcement Museum covers the history and structure of American law enforcement with exhibits, historical and contemporary artifacts. 

The Museum is an underground facility located adjacent to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, DC’s Judiciary Square.

The Museum’s exhibitions include permanent galleries and one changing exhibition gallery. 

The Museum tells the story of law enforcement in the United States. Tales of the fallen are featured in the Museum’s “Hall of Remembrance.” 

The Memorial and Museum are both projects of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund which collects and analyzes information about officer fatalities and publishes research on fatality trends.

As officer fatalities on roads have increased in recent years, the “Drive Safely” campaign was launched to decrease law enforcement fatalities on the road.

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial showing the lioness watching her cubs

Highlights of the National Law Enforcement Museum

• Artifacts of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover
• DC Sniper Task Force evidence from the investigation and trial of the Beltway sniper attacks of 2002
• Artifacts from the prohibition-era federal agent Eliot Ness and his team of “Untouchables”
• 9-1-1 Emergency Ops Dispatch Exhibit
• An overview of Law Enforcement Agencies
• Forensics and Evidence Gathering Exhibits
• Handcuffs used by the police to arrest the shooter of US Senator and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy in 1968
• Badge, gun and a coin purse belonging to American Old West lawman Pat Garrett who killed the outlaw Billie the Kid in 1881
• Badge and Deputy US Marshal commission from the youngest of the posse that ambushed and killed fugitive couple Bonnie and Clyde in 1934
• Bulletproof vest from 1930 that was used by gangster Al Capone
• An Indiana State Police car
• A Decision-making Training Simulator
• The U.S. Park Police helicopter that responded to the Air Florida Flight 90 crash into the Potomac River

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial

National Law Enforcement Museum

• Museum:        National Law Enforcement Museum
• City:                Washington, D.C.
• Country:         United States
• Established:    2018
• Type:              Police and Prison Museum
• Category:       National Museum of the United States
• Location:        444 E St NW, Washington, D.C.

 

National Law Enforcement Museum Map

National Law Enforcement Museum – 360 views

National Law Enforcement Museum

National Law Enforcement Museum

Virtual Tour of the National Museums of the United States

• The National Museum of the United States 
• National Museum of the United States Air Force
• National Museum of the Marine Corps
• National Air and Space Museum
• National Museum of African American History and Culture
• National Museum of Natural History
• National Portrait Gallery
• National Veterans Memorial and Museum
• National Nordic Museum
• National Museum of the United States Navy
• National Constitution Center
• The National WWII Museum
• National World War I Museum and Memorial
• National Civil War Museum
• National Civil Rights Museum
• National Museum of the American Indian
• CIA Museum
• National Cryptologic Museum
• National Postal Museum
• National Museum of Health and Medicine
• National Museum of African Art
• National Museum of the Pacific War
• National Railroad Museum
• National Quilt Museum
• National Building Museum
• National Atomic Testing Museum
• National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
• National Museum of Wildlife Art
• National Museum of the United States Army
• National Naval Aviation Museum
• National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum
• National Zoological Park
• National Law Enforcement Museum

National Law Enforcement Museum

National Law Enforcement Museum

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National Law Enforcement Museum

National Law Enforcement Museum

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