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Proudly Announcing… Forensics for *Adults*

March 11th, 2010 No Comments

Yo’veu asked for it, and we’ve (finally) delivered!
We are proud to announce our first forensics-themed workshop specifically for adults; our first topic will be forensic pathology, or the study of the causes of death. We will be offering two workshops each Tuesday evening, no matter which workshop you register for, you’ll be able to [...]

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Spring Break at the Police Museum

February 27th, 2010 No Comments

Spring Break is just around the corner and here at the Police Museum we are gearing up for another great session of intriguing forensic science workshops. This year we are offering all of last years  favourites  including fingerprints, blood spatter, entomology, ballistics and impression evidence.  All workshops are one hour long and encourage youth [...]

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Following Up Our Spring Break Miracle

June 24th, 2009 3 Comments

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 investigation [...]

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Hanging Out in the Blood Drying Room

March 4th, 2009 1 Comment

We have a particular interest in blood spatter at our museum, partially because we’re big fans of shows like Dexter, but also because of a space hidden deep in our building’s basement. Hidden away from the publicly accessible areas is a room once called the “Blood Drying Room”. This tile-lined (floor-to-ceiling) room was used to [...]

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Narratives Written in Blood

February 23rd, 2009 9 Comments

Signed in blood. Makes your blood boil. Captain Blood. Out for blood. Blood letting. Blood oath. Fight to first blood. Blue blood. Blood infection. In cold blood. Someone’s flesh and blood. The Blood of Eden. Blood is thicker than water. New blood. Blood and guts. Red blooded American. Blood transfusion. Bad blood. Blood on their [...]

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Spend Spring Break at a Crime Scene!

January 27th, 2009 11 Comments

Just finished putting the final touches on our plan for Spring Break (Mar 14 – Mar 21) this year. In addition to our always-popular crime scene investigations, we’re also going to be offering a number of workshops on different forensics topics. Hilary has been hard at work putting together some really neat new programs; I [...]

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