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On April 25, 2003 the new FBI Laboratory Division's facility was officially opened with a dedication ceremony in Quantico, Virginia. The "Bureau of Investigation's" "Criminology Laboratory" was created on November 24, 1932 in the Old Southern Railway at 13th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. in Washington, D.C. Today, over seventy years after the FBI Laboratory was first created, relocation to a new, state-of-the-art facility is complete. Hear more about the history of the FBI Laboratory and its new technological capabilities in an interview with Assistant Director Dwight Adams. You can even take a look at some of the technology it houses and discover some of the amazing secrets of forensic science through a pictorial view of the facility itself.


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Photographs of the Dedication:

This is a photograph of Dedication Stone Memorial and link to larger image "Behind every case is a victim - man, woman, or child - and the people who care for them. We dedicate our efforts and the new FBI Laboratory building to those victims."
This is a photograph of a beaker and link to larger photo This is equipment in the Chemistry Unit.
This is a photograph of Centennial Park Bombing equipment and link to larger photograph Some items from the Centennial Park Bombing.
This is a photograph of a centrifuge and link to larger photograph This is equipment found in the Chemistry Unit.
This is a photograph of Chemical Suits and link to larger photograph These are hazardous materials suits.
This is a photograph of a vacuum and link to larger photograph This is equipment used in the analysis of trace evidence.
This is a photograph of the Helder Mailbox Bomb and link to larger photograph The "Helder Mailbox Bomb".
This is a photograph of UNABOMB devices and link to larger photograph These are items from the "UNABOMB" display.
This is a photograph of clothing stained by a dye pack and link to larger photograph This is not blood, but dye from an exploding dye pack detonated during a bank robbery after the suspect placed the money down his pants.