Paintings, bottles of urine and a dead rat made into a purse were among the items put on show at an exhibition set up in response to the Turner Prize.
The items on show – bowls, jugs, weapons, clothes – were fascinating but limited.
There are photographs of artisans at their crafts, but not a video to give a more vivid sense of the construction of the items on show.
The items on show at The Crime Museum Uncovered exhibition include hangman's rope, murder accessories, and the personal possessions of some of the UK's most notorious criminals.
The principality, known for its welcoming banks, was only established in 1719, though the princes actually went on living in Vienna and buying lots of paintings, as well as many other items, on show at the Liechtenstein museum in Vienna.
All the items on show, dating from 1870 to the present day, were part of the collection of the former Musée de l'Affiche, set up in 1978 and located in Rue de Paradis.
Other items on show from Wednesday include the microphone originally used to capture Big Ben's chimes for the radio hour and the BBC's first high definition TV cameras – made in 1936.
Among his achievements, Kendrew shared the Nobel prize for chemistry for unravelling the structure of an oxygen-binding protein called myoglobin – his 3D model of the molecule, dubbed "the forest of rods", is among the items on show.
Among the items on show at the Lowry Gallery in Salford will be nine paintings and sketches donated by private collectors who answered a public appeal to scour their homes, attics and storerooms for previously unseen works by Valette.
Dermot Murnaghan – who hosts of one of its more credible series, Crimes That Shook Britain – chairs a panel of experts to explore modern policing and the stories behind some of the never-before-seen items on show, which include personal objects and weapons, as well as case files connected to the crimes of the Krays, Dr Crippen and the great train robbers.
