Meiji University's Crime Museum (刑事博物館), located in the old Memorial Hall, opened in 1929, and closed around the end of World War II, but reopened in 1952 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Meiji University.

[1] It opened to the public in 1954, and was designated as a "museum-equivalent facility" (博物館相当施設) by the Museum Act.

[15] In April 2004, a permanent exhibition focusing on the history of Meiji University opened.

[4] From the opening in April 2004 to August 2013, it received 600,000 visitors, and over 74,000 people visited the museum annually.

[17] It houses the office of the Musiological Society of Japan, and hosted the first "University Museum Meeting" in 2009.