Entries from June 2009
1300 visitors in six days! It blows our mind, thinking about it; we managed to have almost an entire month of people come through the museum in just a week. Spring Break was busy for us, in fact it was easily the busiest the museum has ever been; we ran forensics-themed workshops and our drop-in [...]
Tags: ballistics · blood spatter · entomology · fingerprints · Forensics · impressions · spring break · summer · workshops
So stoked! This morning, we received an email from a big movie studio, asking if we’d be interested in seeing a sneak preview of an upcoming major summer film. (Update: the movie you might get to see is “Public Emenies” starring Johnny Depp!) As you might imagine, this caught us a little off-guard, since we’ve [...]
Tags: contest · facebook · historical crime · tommy guns · twitter
Whew… I’m finally able to spill the beans! It’s been hard to keep things to myself the last few days, knowing this was about to be announced, because we’re really really excited! Many of you have said some very kind things about how we’ve embraced technology here at the Police Museum. Today, we’re happy to [...]
Tags: facebook · flickr · media interviews · press release · sponsorship · twitter · Zero One Design
Last night, we hosted a special “Tweetup” for our many friends on Twitter and (we hope) a great time was had by all! (We know we had a blast!) The people who came out include: @mojaveband, @gusf, @russbystarlite, @abc4, @gusgreeper, @staciebee, @rott1058, @bluey037, @emmerogers, @trishussey, @raincoaster, @hummingbird604, @dale42, @atomicfez, @jonjennings, @tofufighting, @anthonyfloyd, @owlex, @jpadamson, @johnbiehler, [...]
Tags: flickr · historical crime · history · Ricci · Sinclair · Sins of the City · tunnels
As you’ve probably noticed, we’ve not been updating this blog as often as we’d like to; mostly, it’s because we’re just too busy! In the last month, we’ve prepped a new exhibit for installation, started design work on a second exhibit, hired a huge batch of our summer staff and otherwise started to plot and [...]
Tags: attendance · museum hours · press release