[BCMA] News Release: A Most Unusual Spring Break

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Spring Break Workshops at the Police Museum

 

Vancouver (February 25, 2010) - Blood spatter, fingerprints and bullets are
all featured in the Vancouver Police Museum's popular spring break programs.
In addition to its ever-popular drop-in investigation, the museum will also
be hosting special forensics-themed workshops daily during Spring Break for
kids aged 7-14 seriously interested in the forensic sciences.

 

Each workshop goes hands-on with a different topic, including fingerprints,
impression evidence (foot and tire prints), forensic entomology (bugs) and
ballistics (bullets). A workshop for older students on blood spatter will
also be offered. After the workshop, students are welcome to explore the
museum and put their new skills to the test by participating in the Drop-In
Investigation. 

 

 "Our forensics-themed educational programs have always been very popular,"
says Chris Mathieson, Executive Director at the Vancouver Police Museum.
"Last year we had 8,000 students participate in our educational programs.
Teachers love that their students get a chance to get hands-on with the
science of modern police work."

 

Ideally suited for this subject matter, the Police Museum is housed in a
building that was once both the Coroner's Court and the City Analyst's
laboratory; all of the city's autopsies and much of its forensic lab work
was undertaken there until 1980. Today, the museum's main gallery is in the
original Coroner's Courtroom and both the old morgue and autopsy room are
featured as their own displays. Rounding out the museum are displays on the
history of the tools, squads and personnel of the Vancouver Police Museum as
well as confiscated weapons, counterfeit currency and more.

 

Spring Break Workshops run multiple times daily every day from March 8 to
12, with a different topic each day. Spaces are limited and so advanced
reservations are required.

 

For more information on this or any other program offered by the museum,
contact the museum at 604-665-3346 or visit www.vancouverpolicemuseum.ca.

 

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For more information or for images:

 

Samantha Wagner, Museum Programmer

Vancouver Police Museum

240 E. Cordova, Vancouver BC

Phone: 604-665-3346

Email: programs at vancouverpolicemuseum.ca 

http://www.vancouverpolicemuseum.ca

Twitter: @policemuseum

 

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Additional Information:

 

Forensics Workshops

 

Throughout Spring Break, we will be hosting a series of workshops for kids
seriously interested in forensic science. Each workshop will go hands-on
with a different topic, including fingerprints, impression evidence (foot
and tire prints), forensic entomology (bugs) and ballistics. A workshop for
older students on blood spatter will also be offered. After the workshop,
students are welcome to explore the museum and put their new skills to the
test with our Forensics Drop-in activities at no additional charge.
($10/student, $5/member; spaces are limited and reservations are required.)

 

.      Fingerprints - Every time we touch something we leave unique marks.
Come learn about the types of fingerprints, how we find and collect them and
how we analyse them.

.      Impression Evidence - Footprints, tire treads, bite marks and tool
marks. Come find out how we use all different kinds of impressions to catch
bad guys.

.      Forensic Entomology - Sometimes, creepy crawlies provide the best
evidence to solve a crime. You'll learn all about bugs and how they make
great witnesses

.      Ballistics - This workshop will explore how we analyze guns and
bullets as evidence.

.      Blood Spatter - What story do these shapes and patterns tell us? Not
for the faint of heart, this workshop will explore the basics of blood
spatter analysis. Suitable for older student only.

.      Special Event - Members of our Jr. Investigator's Club will have the
opportunity to participate in a special member's-only experience.

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Workshops for

Ages 7-10

Workshops for

Ages 11-14

 

 


 

Monday

Mar 8

Tuesday

Mar 9

Wednesday

Mar 10

Thursday

Mar 11

Friday

Mar 12


10:00 - 11:00

Fingerprints

Forensic

Entomology

Fingerprints

Forensic

Entomology

Special Event: Jr. Investigator's Club Only


11:30 - 12:30

Impression Evidence

Ballistics

Impression Evidence

Ballistics


1:30 - 2:30

Fingerprints

Forensic

Entomology

Ballistics

Forensic

Entomology

Special Event: Jr. Investigator's Club Only


3:00 - 4:00

Impression Evidence

Ballistics

Blood Spatter

Ballistics

 

There are only 25 spaces in each workshop, so book soon!

 

Forensics Drop-in Program

 

Drop-in any day between March 8 and 12, 2010 and try to solve a crime.
Suitable for children (and adults) of all ages. 

 

Bring your family to the Vancouver Police Museum anytime between 12noon and
4pm during Spring Break to get a real hands-on forensic science experience.
Discover how police investigators collect and analyze evidence from crime
scenes by doing it yourself! Two different scenarios are offered with
different types of evidence.

Depending on the scenario, you might take fingerprints, examine bullets
recovered from the crime scene, measure blood spatter or examine a
questioned document. Drop in and explore the science of contemporary police
work. There is a $1/person charge for this program in addition to the
regular museum admission. 

 

Group Bookings

 

These programs are not designed for school, day camp, ESL and other groups;
group bookings will not be accepted during Spring Break.

 

 

 

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