Guelph, Ontario, until Dec. 20 – Mug shots, especially those of miscreant celebrities, are endlessly fascinating, and can be analyzed for all kinds of emotions, like shame, regret, disinterest, defiance (nay, puckishness), and even, well, whatever it is that Nick Nolte was feeling.

This is the thinking behind an ongoing exhibit of Ontario Provincial Police [Yeah, you know me--ed] mugshots at the Guelph Civic Museum, most of which are a century old. These aren’t celebrities, obviously, but rather plain-old “pickpockets, confidence men, escaped fugitives, shoplifters, horse thieves, and even murderers.” The fascination is the same, however. (And Nolte probably stole a horse or two in his time.)