Black Museum - Exhibition - Inside Out BBC 2015
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- Here's a fascinating article from the BBC "Inside Out" Magazine programme about the Black Museum Exhibition in 2015.
Article about the exhibition which finishes in April 2016 from the Daily Mail Newspaper....
A private collection of police memorabilia featuring weapons used in some of the country's most famous murders, convicts' body parts and death masks worn by hanged criminals will go on public display this weekend.
Usually only seen by serving police officers, Scotland Yard's Crime Museum - known as the 'Black Museum' - has handed over its most fascinating exhibits to the Museum of London for an eye-opening, if somewhat spine-tingling, six-month display.
Those include exact replicas of the briefcase bomb used in the 1982 Hyde Park bombing, and the explosive rucksacks carried by the 7/7 bombers.
Also featured are the first 'murder kits', issued to police officers following the gruesome 1924 killing of typist Emily Kaye; the gun used by murderer Ruth Ellis, the last woman executed in Britain; casts of the rope-scarred necks of those who faced the gallows at Newgate Prison; and the severed arms of a murderer thought to have killed himself in Germany in the 1950s.
The Crime Museum was set up by an Inspector Neame in 1874 so new officers could see tools of the criminal trade, such as guns disguised as walking sticks and umbrellas.
Despite being officially closed to the public, a select group of VIPs have been allowed to view the collection - including author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, magician Harry Houdini and comedians Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.
A number of visitors, including serving officers, have been known to faint at the museum - which is currently held in room 101 at the Met's Victoria Street headquarters near St James's Park.
Met Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said: ‘The artefacts held in the museum will provide visitors with an insight into the evolution of crime investigation and criminal justice.
‘The public will view exhibits from some of the most complex and indeed notorious criminal investigations carried out by the Met, and discover how such crimes were solved.’
The Crime Museum Uncovered exhibition opens on Friday, running until April. - Zábava
I didn’t even know Scotland Yard had moved so many times!! It’s a shame an exhibition can’t be shown again and advertised much better.....we can’t all have missed the ads for it
Please do another Black Museum exhibition. Missed the last one.
Why isn't it open to the general public? It's part of our Heritage.
Because as like in lots of museums us mere mortals are not trusted with such things. Only over paid university lecturers and the like are allowed.
Because some of the cases are unsolved, and artefacts are evidence.
Because the general public are only meant to create that 'heritage' not capitalise or profit from it, the state loves to deplore with one hand whilst taking admission fees with the other
It should be open to the public. I'm not from Britain but my father was. I feel a tie to Britain as well as America.
Some of the items are considered too gruesome since there is a lot of objects which were not cleaned when found so there a lot of knives and cloth with blood still on it
And some of its still used as training
The city of London have a small museum with some criminal items such as weapons taken
My source
My dad used to work for a network company that fitted out some of the mets networks and was offered a tour he only got shown less then 10 objects due to how sensitive the items were
'The ropes that have hung criminals' Journos must learn to speak and write English, we rely on them to set an example. It's Hanged thankyou.
I want to know what happens to all the bodies of prisoners buried over the years behind prison walls, and then years later that prison gets closed...new one opened...what do they do? Anyone know? Sorry for distracting from the subject, but the nooses made me think of it.
I found this, It's from the U.S, maybe the same procedure. I hope it helps.
When an inmate dies, one of two or three things can occur to the body. The family/next of kin can take it and accept the responsibility of disposing of it. Whether burying or cremation is chosen, they can do whatever they please.
The prisoner may have previously filled out the proper forms to donate their body to science. If that's the case, it is kept on ice until the proper authorities arrive and take the body off their hands.
Lastly, if nobody claims the body or has been assigned to take custody of it, then the state either cremates or buries it in a cemetery nearby, which has been created for such a situation. They will not pay for a costly casket or funeral. Instead…the body will be put into a glorified cardboard box and simply placed in the ground and covered up. They will be out somewhere around $10 for the box. Inmate trustees will probably dig the hole.
Source:
Jeff Cox, Human Observer, Learner About Life, Parent (1970-present)
Answered Jul 28, 2018 · Author has 788 answers and 1.7m answer views
They get reburied elsewhere. This happened, for example, when Holliway prison had building work done and the remains of Ruth Ellis and 4 other women were moved.
Intriguing.
Nikki Bedi is the modern day Honor Blackman (complete with slightly saucy surname).
Worst thing about living in God's Country is it's aboot 400 miles fae lovely London. Loved to have seen that.
What's with the go go girl shoes?
ah shit man i was going to go to the exhibition but looks like i,m nearly 3 years late. oops
Me too mickey! Damn!
Me too I was hanged 70 years ago 😣
I went there, you missed a good show.