"Providing benefits and services to America's state troopers since 1989"
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Museum offers glimpse behind the badge
Although the physical doors won’t open until 2011, you can already take a sneak peek at the first-ever National Law Enforcement Museum’s galleries, exhibitions, and artifacts. Web visitors can take a virtual tour of the architecturally inspiring, 95,000-square foot, mostly underground museum, which is being built in Washington, D.C.'s historic Judiciary Square.
"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," 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. |
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