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American Police Hall of Fame & Museum Review
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American Police Hall of Fame & Museum
- Address: 6350 Horizon Dr., Titusville, FL | Map It
- Phone: 321/264-0911
- www.aphf.org
- Category: Museums/Galleries
- Location: Titusville
Fodor's Review:
If you've ever wondered why cops deserve your respect, pay a visit to the American Police Hall of Fame & Museum. In addition to memorabilia like the Robocop costume and Bladerunner car from the films, there are informative displays on what cops face every day: drugs, homicides, and criminals who can create knives from dental putty and guns from a bicycle spoke (really). At times, it can be a gruesome chamber of horrors, with autopsy photos of criminals and chilling mock-ups of prison cells, gas chambers, and an electric chair. An eerie example of law enforcement memorabilia is a piece of a World Trade Center tower fused with the plane that hit it. Other historical exhibits include invitations to hangings, police patches, how you collect evidence at a crime scene, and, most important, a rotunda where more than 7,000 names are etched in marble to honor police officers who have died in the line of duty. Cops, gun nuts, and curious tourists are taken by the 24-lane shooting range that provides rental guns (Tues.-Fri. noon-8, weekends noon-6).
- Cost: $12 adults, $8 children 4-12
- Open: Daily 10-6
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