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Handily for the police, their precinct HQ is only two blocks from the station, at Mosonyi utca 6. Tourists who'd never go there otherwise can visit its bizarre Crime and Police History Museum ( Bunugyi es Rendorseg-Torteneti Muzeum ; Tues-Sun 10am-5pm; free), accessed via a separate door guarded by a dummy sentry. Since the museum is captioned in Hungarian only, you can easily miss the ideological cast of the display of uniforms and memorabilia going back to Habsburg times, which harbors a tribute to the Communist border guards and militia, and CIA leaflets inciting the Uprising. Be thankful you're not an exhibit in the other hall, where many displays depict murders and mutilations in horrific detail - unlike the staged crime scene with a sign listing key points for trainee investigators. Stuff on forgery and art theft in the 1980s begs the question why there's nothing about crime in Hungary nowadays. The show ends with a fraternal display of police insignia and toy squad cars from around the world; look out for the laughing-skull patch of Haiti's notorious Tonton Macoutes hit squad.
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