The museum’s permanent home was hit by Hurricane Sandy. CreditOzier Muhammad/The New York Times

The New York City Police Museum will start packing again in the coming days: Dutch rattles that 17th-century police officers sounded as alarms, a 1984 blue-and-white Harley-Davidson highway patrol motorcycle, and a bent Emergency Squad cap covered in dust from the rubble of the twin towers.

A year after floodwaters from Hurricane Sandy crashed through parts of New York and destroyed homes and businesses, including the museum in the old First Precinct police station in Lower Manhattan, the museum moved to Wall Street, into space donated by the Swatch Group.

Now that its rent-free year is up, the museum will close — once again — on Saturday. Curators will pack up some 100 artifacts as the museum waits for the city to fix its storm-damaged home.....Continue Reading

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