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 The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund sent out an email yesterday about a new website offering a "Sneak Peek" at the National Law Enforcement Museum that is set to open in 2011.
According to the information from NLEOMF:
"Web visitors can take a virtual tour of the architecturally
inspiring, 95,000-square foot, mostly underground museum, which is being
built in Washington, DC's historic Judiciary Square. The website also
highlights the Museum's five main galleries and the primary exhibitions
within those galleries."
Click the "Read More" link to see a video/virtual tour of the museum and read the information from NLEOMF
A GLIMPSE BEHIND THE
BADGE
New website offers a "sneak peek" of first-ever National
Law Enforcement Museum; galleries, exhibitions and artifacts are
previewed.
Washington, D.C. — People who want to "visit" the
first-ever national museum dedicated to law enforcement in the United
States don't have to wait for the museum's physical doors to open in 2011.
The National Law Enforcement Museum is now online through the Museum's new
website, www.LawEnforcementMuseum.org.
Web visitors can take a virtual tour of the architecturally
inspiring, 95,000-square foot, mostly underground museum, which is being
built in Washington, DC's historic Judiciary Square. The website also
highlights the Museum's five main galleries and the primary exhibitions
within those galleries.
In the "History of Law Enforcement"
gallery, for example, visitors can step back in time and discover the
roots of American law enforcement and follow its progression into the 21st
century. An online artifact gallery showcases some of the 6,000 historical
and contemporary objects that are already part of the Museum's
collection.
Other Museum galleries include "Being an Officer,"
where visitors walk in an officer's shoes and get an inside look at what
it means to serve and protect, and "Reel to Real," which takes an
entertaining look at how law enforcement is portrayed in pop culture and
how that compares to the lives of real, working officers.
"When
it opens in 2011, the National Law Enforcement Museum will finally tell
the full story of law enforcement in our country, through high-tech
interactive exhibitions, interesting artifacts and compelling educational
programs for people of all ages," said Craig W. Floyd, Chairman and CEO of
the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, which is leading the
effort to build the Museum.
"Our new website offers a preview of
what this unique Museum is all about. We hope it inspires people, both
inside and outside the law enforcement profession, to get involved in this
long-overdue tribute to those who have dedicated their lives to protecting
our communities and safeguarding our democracy," Mr. Floyd
added.
Over the next three years, leading up to the Museum's
opening, the website will be enhanced to include more interactive
features, artifact images, oral histories and a searchable database of
Museum holdings.
Authorized by Congress in the year 2000, the
National Law Enforcement Museum is expected to attract 600,000 visitors a
year — 100,000 of them school-aged children. Groundbreaking for the
Museum, which is located just blocks from the U.S. Capitol and adjacent to
the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, is scheduled for fall
2008.
The privately funded Museum has launched an $80 million
capital campaign, with approximately $33 million raised to date. For more
information, visit www.LawEnforcementMuseum.org.
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