Araitz Elorriaga

1. CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
MUSEUM
Washintong DC

2. The National Museum of Crime and Punishment, also known as the Crime Museum, was a privately
owned museum dedicated to the history of criminology and penology in the United States,that was created
on May,2008 It was located in the Penn Quarter neighborhood of Washington, D.C., half a block south of
the Gallery Place station. The museum was built by Orlando businessman John Morgan, in partnership
with John Walsh, host of America's Most Wanted, at a cost of $21 million, and opened in May 2008 Unlike
most museums in Washington, DC, the Crime Museum was a for-profit enterprise. It was forced to close in
September 2015 by its building's owners after it failed to meet sales targets specified in its lease.
More than 700 artifacts in 28,000 square feet (2,600 m2) of exhibition space related the history of crime,
and its consequences, in America and American popular culture. The museum featured exhibits on
colonial crime, pirates, Wild West outlaws, gangsters, the Mob, mass murderers, and white collar
criminals. Twenty-eight interactive stations included the high-speed police chase simulators used in the
training of law enforcement officers, and a Firearms Training Simulator (F.A.T.S.) similar to that utilized by
the FBI.
Finally the museum was dissolved on September,2015