U.S. Marshals Museum Adds to Collection

By Justin Stakes

Features Material from Recent Operations and Historical Items from U.S. Marshals Service

Fort Smith, AR -(AmmoLand.com)- The U.S. Marshals Museum announced today that it has added over 25% to its existing collection with a recent loan from the U.S. Marshals Service.

The shipment includes over 121 objects and brings the total collection to over 492 items, a nearly 33% increase in the number of objects on loan from the USMS.

“Recently, the U.S. Marshals Service effected a second shipment of approximately 150 loaned artifacts from our collections for exhibit use in the forthcoming museum. This artifact shipment will provide more flexibility for the development of exhibit designs,” said Neil DeSousa, Assistant Director, Tactical Operations, U.S. Marshals Service. “Highlights include artifacts from various operations of the 1970s and 1980s and the badge that board member, astronaut and Honorary U.S. Marshal Jim Reilly brought into outer space.”

Included in the consignment are items related to the standoff at Ruby Ridge, materials from the historic standoff at Wounded Knee, objects related to the Gordon Kahl Case, the handcuffs used when the Marshals Service transported former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, the Oath of …Read the Rest

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