Crime and Punishment

Image of Morrin Cultural Centre located in Quebec, Canada
Quebec, Canada

Morrin Cultural Centre

Quebec's first prison has transformed into a cultural center promoting the area's English language speakers

Erected in 1808, the Morrin Centre was Quebec City's first prison (it was known as Quebec Common Gaol at the time), though it was perhaps best known as the site of public execution in the city. At... »

Crime and Punishment | Edited by A Facebook user and Nicholas Jackson

Image of Presidio Modelo located in Nueva Gerona, Cuba
Nueva Gerona, Cuba

Presidio Modelo

Series of five defunct panopticon prisons in Cuba

Built between 1926 and 1928, the Presidio Modelo was designed to be a model prison by President-turned-Dictator Gerardo Machado. Each building is a circle of prison cells surrounding a center... »

Crime and Punishment | Edited by A Facebook user and Nicholas Jackson

Image of The Museum of Death located in Hollywood, California, US
Hollywood, California, US

The Museum of Death

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits

The Museum of Death, a showcase of just that, was originally founded in San Diego in 1995. In 2000, proprietor James Healy moved the museum to its current location in Los Angeles, and expanded to... »

Museums and Collections, Unique Collections, Crime and Punishment, Memento Mori | Edited by Genki and Nicholas Jackson

Image of Port Arthur Penal Colony located in Port Arthur, Australia
Port Arthur, Australia

Port Arthur Penal Colony

Relics of Australia's convict past, and a modern scene of unimaginable horror

Port Arthur in Tasmania was originally founded in 1830 as a timber station, but its isolation made it the ideal place for a prison, and it was quickly converted into Australia's largest and most... »

Anomalous Islands, Crime and Punishment, Ghost Towns, Disaster Areas, Incredible Ruins | Edited by saintsithney, Annetta and 2 others

Image of The Museum of Medieval Torture located in San Gimignano, Italy | Medieval torture devices including a maiden on the right
San Gimignano, Italy

The Museum of Medieval Torture

Medieval Techniques with a Modern Conscience

Medieval torture devices and modern human rights abuses are not two things that are often mentioned within the same sentence. However, at the Medieval Criminal Museum in San Gimignano they go... »

Crime and Punishment | Edited by Nathan_Risinger and Kiri_the_Unicorn

Image of Vancouver Police Centennial Museum located in Vancouver, Canada | Painted Skull Sent Into Vancouver's Police Department
Vancouver, Canada

Vancouver Police Centennial Museum

Housing a morgue, rare and confiscated weapons, and autopsy remains, the Vancouver police museum displays the dark side of Canada

When you think about Canada, mayhem and murder are not the first things that come to mind. Like any country, however, Canada has its seamy underbelly, and the Vancouver Police Museum (formerly the... »

Museums and Collections, Wonder Cabinets, Unique Collections, Crime and Punishment | Edited by jiblite, Annetta and others

Image of Musée de la Prefecture de Police located in Paris, France
Paris, France

Musée de la Prefecture de Police

A museum which takes visitors to the côté obscure of Paris.

Founded 100 years ago by the Préfet Louis Lépine, the Musée de la Prefecture de Police guides visitors through some of the more somber chapters in the history of Paris. The visit is punctuated... »

Museums and Collections, Unique Collections, Crime and Punishment | Edited by InvisibleParis and Dylan

Image of Yuma Territorial Prison located in Yuma, Arizona, US
Yuma, Arizona, US

Yuma Territorial Prison

Walk through the actual strap iron cells and solitary chambers of Arizona Territory’s first prison.

On July 1, 1876, the first seven inmates entered the Territorial Prison at Yuma and were locked into the new cells they had built themselves. A total of 3,069 prisoners, including 29 women,... »

Crime and Punishment | Edited by desertfairy and Dylan

Image of Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum located in Waco, Texas, US | Sign in front of the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum.
Waco, Texas, US

Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum

Official museum, hall of fame, and repository of the Texas Rangers

Museum on the Rangers and their history. Items they have confiscated over the years. Great gun collection. »

Crime and Punishment | Edited by leiris

Image of The Criminology Museum located in Roma, Italy
Roma, Italy

The Criminology Museum

Ever hear of the Milazzo Cage?

Operated by Italy's federal Prison Administration, this unique collection of prisons, torture, and criminal anthropology was open only to government officials from its founding in 1931 until 1994.... »

Unique Collections, Crime and Punishment | Edited by M Rebekah Otto and Annetta

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