Exhibits Archives - South Carolina State Museum

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Forensic scientists specializing in DNA, Ballistics, Blood Spatter Analysis, Cryptography and Toxicology are featured in our new Sherlock...

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As a forensic toxicologist, it is my job to either rule out or confirm the presence of a particular substance as a potential cause of...

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Prior to the age of modern technology, cryptography was synonymous with encryption. The producer of the encrypted message would share the...

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During the era of Sherlock Holmes, fingerprinting was the most accurate way to place a suspect at the scene of a crime. The technique was...

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If a blood stain pattern is found at a crime scene, it can give investigators an important piece of the puzzle as to how an offense...

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Ballistics is a science that deals with the motion of projectiles. A forensic ballistics specialist like myself is a person who collects...