• Where is the Museum located?
• What will the Museum contain?
• When is the Museum slated to open?
• Are there any events scheduled leading up to the opening of the Museum?
• Can the Museum or rooms in the Museum be rented for special occasions?
• What is the connection between the Museum and the Memorial?
• How is the Museum being funded?
• How can I support the Museum?
• What is your tax exempt number/EIN/federal tax ID number?
• What is the Officer Roll Call? How can I find out more?

The National Law Enforcement Museum will be located mostly underground, across the street from the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in the 400 block of E Street, NW. The location is in Judiciary Square, a historic setting surrounded by the nation's court buildings, the original City Hall of the District of Columbia and the National Building Museum. Positioned in the heart of downtown Washington, the Museum is near the Metro subway system, restaurants and shops and only blocks away from the National Mall and the U.S. Capitol.

When it opens in 2013, the 55,000-square foot Museum will introduce visitors to the full spectrum of law enforcement — from officers who patrol our communities to federal agents who protect our national security. Emphasizing experiential learning, the Museum will give visitors many opportunities to experience firsthand the challenges and rewards of law enforcement through state-of-art interactive simulators, audio/visual programming, educational and entertaining exhibitions, historical artifacts, public forums, educational programming and research opportunities.

The Museum is scheduled to open in mid-2013, with the groundbreaking to occur in the fall of 2010. This timeline was approved by the NLEOMF Board of Directors in February 2009 [read the news release].

Please check back for upcoming events, particularly as we get closer to the scheduled groundbreaking (fall 2010) and opening (2013).If you'd like to receive regular updates, be sure to subscribe to our E-Newsletter.

The Museum will likely provide room rental opportunities for special occasions. More detailed information about these opportunities will be available as we get closer to opening.

The Museum is a program of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, which also operates the Memorial. While the Memorial honors those law enforcements officers who gave the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty, the Museum will "tell the rest of the story" of this historic, proud and honorable profession.

The Museum is not a publicly funded institution. Consequently, the Museum must depend on the generosity of private individuals, corporations and other organizations to underwrite the costs of the Museum. The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund has launched a capital campaign to raise the $80 million in private funds that is required to build the largest and most comprehensive law enforcement museum in the world. Entitled "A Matter of Honor: The Campaign for the National Law Enforcement Museum," this fundraising effort will ensure that law enforcement's long record of service to America will receive the national recognition it deserves. For more information on donations, visit the Support section.

To make a monetary donation online and learn more about sponsorship opportunities, please visit the Support section.

To make donation by mail, please send a check or money order
(made payable to National Law Enforcement Museum) to the following address:
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund
Attn: Development Department
400 7th Street, NW
Suite 300
Washington, DC 20004

If you are sending the donation in memory or honor of someone and would like his or her family to be notified of your contribution, please let us know when you send your donation.

If you are interested in donating an artifact to the Museum, please first contact contact our Registrar/Collections Manager, Vanya Scott, at 202.737.7869 or e-mail Registrar@nleomf.org.

Our number is 52-1382926. All donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent provided by law.

The story of law enforcement in America cannot be fully told without telling the stories of the individual officers who have served. Officer Roll Call is an online program that allows all officers — current and retired — to have their own stories told in the Museum. To learn more visit www.OfficerRollCall.org, or, email officerrollcall@nleomf.org.