A hatchet used to bust up saloons, the verdict sheet from Al Capone's trial, and lawman Eliot Ness' sworn oath of office.

These are among the more sobering artifacts in a new exhibit on Prohibition at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.

But visitors can also glimpse the glamorous life at a re-created speakeasy and learn to dance the Charleston.

Both sides of the historic era are represented at "American Spirits: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition."

Exhibit organizers say the alcohol ban that lasted from 1920 to 1933 is the nation's "most colorful and complex constitutional hiccup."

The exhibit runs through April. It will then travel to museums in Seattle; St. Paul, Minn.; St. Louis; Austin, Texas; and Grand Rapids, Mich.