Museum of Criminology (Athens)

The Museum of Criminology was founded in 1932 in accordance with the provisions of Law 5343/1932 (Government Gazette 86/Α΄), Article 297 "On the Organization of the University of Athens".

Later, it was moved to the building on Akadimias and Massalias street, where today the "Kostis Palamas" mortuary of the University of Athens is housed and where it remained for about half a century.

[1] The museum was founded and is maintained for the educational purposes of both the students of the medical department of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and other scientific branches active in medicine and criminology.

The purposes of the museum include recording the history of crime in Greece  as well as covering the research work of students through the exhibits, collections and archives.

In this specific case, the exhibits, which are human members, are initially stored in containers filled with oil and coarse salt.