Off the 'Cuff

My relationship with museums, from an educational perspective, has been what I would call a “passionate love affair.”  The reasons I have been working for the Vancouver Police Museum the past three years are significant in my pursuing a career in education. Museums are incredible places where the worlds of both history and education collide [...]

Looking for something to do with your friends before the end of the summer? There’s no better place to cool down than in an old morgue. In just a last few weeks, the place has been burning up with a Yelp Party, a massive Groupon offer and busy programs for both kids and adults. And [...]

One of our most popular workshops last week was our “Forensic Entomology” workshop, where kids got a chance to get up-close-and-personal with blowfly maggots. Before we let our plucky adolescent maggots out into the world, we pulled out the camera and let them be their uninhibited selves. (It’s amazing how uninhibiting Spring Break can be.) [...]

You’ve 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 [...]

When a writer is working on the script for the latest episode of CSI, Bones, Dexter or any of the other countless shows that depict forensic science, there comes a point when realism comes second to telling a good story. Although a real investigation and evidence analysis could take weeks or months, the show needs [...]