article_snippet: And now a selection of 500 items from Scotland Yard's Crime Museum, known as the 'Black Museum' for the 'Black Museum' grisly collection of memorabilia, is set to go on public display for the first time.
article_snippet: Among the 20,000 exhibits at the museum - open only to serving police and select guests since it was founded in 1874 - is the gun used by murderer Ruth Ellis, the last woman executed in Britain. '
article_snippet: Exhibits relating to Reggie (left) and Reggie Kray will form part of the collection shown publically .
article_snippet: A forensics kit used by crime scene investigators, which is among the 20,000 exhibits at the Black Museum - open only to serving police and select guests since it was founded in 1874 .
article_snippet: ‘The term "silent witness" is often bandied about, but these objects really are the witnesses to generations of crimes, and each has a story to tell.
article_snippet: Her added that a decision was made on what to show at the Museum of London's London after talks with Metropolitan Police curators, victims' representatives and the London Policing Ethics Panel.
article_snippet: the Museum of London's 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.
article_snippet: 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.
article_snippet: Met Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said: ‘The artefacts held in the Museum of London's will provide visitors with an insight into the evolution of crime investigation and criminal justice.
article_snippet: ‘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.
article_snippet: ’ Officially closed to The public: the Museum of London's 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 .
highlights_snippet: Selection of 500 items from secret museum going on display this year .
  