I’ve been wanting to go to The National Musuem of Crime & Punishment in DC for awhile now. I’m a big reader of true crime and enjoy watching shows like Forensic Files and Cold Case Files as well as the random biography on certain crimes/killers. Luckily I have a friend who’s into crime related stuff as much as I am.

The museum is located in the Gallery Place/Chinatown area of DC which makes it pretty easy to get to. We’ll be hopping onto the metro to make our way down. It’s made up of three floors , 25,000 square feet and features over 100 interactive exhibits. One floor I believe is dedicated to the filming of America’s Most Wanted. Along with the exhibits they offer CSI Workshops and even a book club! How exciting is that? My friend and I plan on attending a Blood & DNA Workshop when we visit. It’s only $5 extra and sounds pretty interesting.

The murder in apartment 13, the museum’s own crime scene exhibit, remains unsolved. Three suspects have been captured, but the three suspects have three very different stories. Each describes a different event and a different murder weapon. In this workshop you will learn how blood spatter evidence and luminol can help identify the weapon used to commit a crime and how DNA can place a suspect at the scene of the murder. This is an interactive workshop where you see the evidence and help recreate it to solve the crime.

We plan on trying to go in March or April. It depends on when they offer the workshop that we want. They don’t have an April schedule yet and March is a busy month for the both of us. We’re really excited though and can’t wait to make a day out of it.

In case you’re wondering ticket prices range between $12 and $19.95 depending on the various discounts offered (kids, military…) or if you purchase tickets online. If you’re a “local” which includes DC, Maryland & Virginia you lucked out. You can visit for just $6 on Sundays now through March 14th!

I’ll be sure to post about the visit as soon as it happens! If you’ve been there before feel free to leave a comment about your visit.