Arriving Saturday on 7th St.: Bonnie & Clyde Car

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ALTHOUGH ORGANIZERS of the National Museum of Crime and Punishment, which is set to open downtown in the spring, are aiming to showcase the real tools used to battle crime, they're still planning to put a few Hollywood artifacts on display. But they'll be there to prove a point: crime doesn't pay.

On Saturday, the "death car" from the movie "Bonnie and Clyde," starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, will be making its official entrance at the museum.

Getting the vehicle into the building will be a show unto itself. The iconic car will be lifted off the street by a crane and plunked into the museum's second-floor exhibition space at 575 7th Street NW. The move will start at around 8:30 a.m.; it's expected to take about 90 minutes.

The car is on loan from the Ambush Museum in Gibsland, La., which is located at the site of the former Ma Canfield Cafe, where the criminal duo Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow had a sandwich before heading into the ambush that led to their demise. The car has 167 bullet holes, which "clearly illustrates the degree of force that was necessary to bring an end to their reign of terror," Ken Holmes, the car's owner and a Bonnie and Clyde expert, said in a statement.

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Photo courtesy National Museum of Crime and Punishment