National Museum of Crime & Punishment
Overview
The National Museum of Crime & Punishment was built by John Walsh in partnership with John Morgan a businessman in Orlando. The building of the museum cost the two investors approximately $21 million, and was opened in May 2008. The museum unlike any in Washington which are managed by the National Park Services is run by a management mandated by the owners. The museums operations are strictly a business venture whereby return on investment to the owners is offered.
The museum is dedicated to providing the historical developments of criminology in America. National Museum of Crime & Punishment is defined by what it has to offer, which includes:
• Interactive exhibits that make it possible for visitors to try out some activities like placing an individual's head and hands through a pillory.
• Visitors are able to take a lie detector test.
• The museum has over 700 artifacts that are related to crime and the punishments inflicted on the perpetrators of the criminal activities.
• It has a recreation of Al Capone's jail cell.
• It has high speed chase simulators used to train police officers.
• It has spiked chairs that were used to torture criminals in the middle ages.
• A visitor also gets to see some of the weapons that have been used in crime.
• The museum operates a gift shop, known as the Cop Shop.
Essentially the National Museum of Crime & Punishment offers the history of crime and punishment, with accompanying stories of some of the most famous criminals of the past and present.
The museum is dedicated to providing the historical developments of criminology in America. National Museum of Crime & Punishment is defined by what it has to offer, which includes:
• Interactive exhibits that make it possible for visitors to try out some activities like placing an individual's head and hands through a pillory.
• Visitors are able to take a lie detector test.
• The museum has over 700 artifacts that are related to crime and the punishments inflicted on the perpetrators of the criminal activities.
• It has a recreation of Al Capone's jail cell.
• It has high speed chase simulators used to train police officers.
• It has spiked chairs that were used to torture criminals in the middle ages.
• A visitor also gets to see some of the weapons that have been used in crime.
• The museum operates a gift shop, known as the Cop Shop.
Essentially the National Museum of Crime & Punishment offers the history of crime and punishment, with accompanying stories of some of the most famous criminals of the past and present.