The document discusses the history of Scotland Yard and the Black Museum located at Scotland Yard headquarters. The Black Museum was created in 1874 and contains criminal memorabilia and objects related to famous cases. It grew from confiscated prisoner property and serves as a collection for police to study crime and criminals. Famous letters like one supposedly from Jack the Ripper are featured in the museum.

1. The Black Museum Emma & Jake!!

8. The Black Museum... a repository of death. Here in the grim stone structure on the Thames which houses Scotland Yard is a warehouse of homicide, where everyday objects... a woman’s shoe, a tiny white box, a quilted robe... all are touched by murder. -Orson Welles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Museum