ashley: it is pretty accurate, they worked with a lot of historians, they did a lot of research into both what occupy alexandria was like come and specific family members. the green family was a major character in the show they were , real people. some of the physicians and surgeons are composites of the various kinds of people who would have worked there. but there is a lot of reality in the show. it new york times called with crinoline, which is a pretty good description. it is pretty accurate. drama, loveunny, stories and other stuff as well. sarah, why were they interested in having a discussion on what mercy street means to historians like you? sarah: ashley is the one who figured out the idea for the panel. and it came out of conversations she and i had been having as we watched each of the soda the show on twitter. we were tweeting at each other about the ways that things were portrayed or little bits we could see of historians work coming out in the show. oh, that
at the new museum. the facility is climate controlled. we will make sure all of the objects stay safe until the opening day and we can put them on display. national law enforcement museum will be opening in judiciary ,quare in washington, d.c. straight across the street from the national law enforcement officers memorial. the museum is an outgrowth of the law enforcement memorial. 25 years ago, the memorial began and from there, people realize there were more stories to tell. we wanted to tell about the lives of these officers, not the officers who died in the line of duty, but to talk a lot the officers and the work that they do. the idea for the national law-enforcement museum began around 2000. it is a congressionally authorized museum. our goal is to tell the story of american law enforcement, which is a wide ranging story that covers a lot of different parts of the history of the united dates. the museum is mostly underground, but it has two very beautiful glass pavili
about the museum and the collections which will tell the story of law enforcement history. we are at the collections storage facility for the national law enforcement museum. right now, we have about 17,000 objects that we are going to use to tell the story of american law enforcement in the new museum. this facility is climate controlled. here is where we will make sure all of the objects stay safe until the opening day and we can put them on display. the national law enforcement museum will be opening in judiciary square in washington, d.c., straight across the street from the national law enforcement officers memorial. the museum is an outgrowth of the law enforcement officers memorial. about 25 years ago, the memorial began. and from there, people realized there were a lot more stories to tell. we wanted to tell about the lives of these officers, not just the officers who died in duty, but to talk about the officers and the work they do. duty, but to talk about the offi
until then, the museum artifacts are stored at a facility in forestville, maryland. we visited with rebecca looney, exhibits and programs director, and sarah haggerty, curator, to learn about the museum and the collections which will tell the story of law enforcement history. rebecca: we are at the collections storage facility for the national law enforcement museum. right now, we have about 17,000 objects that we are going to use to tell the story of american law enforcement in the new museum. this facility is climate controlled. here is where we will make sure all of the objects stay safe until the opening day, and we can put them on display. the national law enforcement museum will be opening in judiciary square in washington, d.c., straight across the street from the national law enforcement officers memorial. the museum is an outgrowth of the law enforcement officers memorial. about 25 years ago, the memorial began. and from there, people realized there were a lot more s