they kind of won out in the end.
I haven't been there but I remember when it opened and there were protesters claiming they were glorifying violence against women. Many in the Ripperology world actually feel close to these women in a loving way so the protesters were wrong. The victims are immortal and their killer is unknown so, in the end, they kind of won out in a way.
From my perspective, the museum didn't glorify anything. It tried to show what life in Victorian England was like for the lower classes, and everyone living in that time. The police equipment was antiquated by today's standards, and probably wasn't much use back then. The place tried to show what life was really like, the only thing missing was the gaslight shadows. I thank God for that in an old, wooden building.
I don't believe anything was glorified, it just gave information from the newspapers and period pieces which we could touch, sit on, and dress-up in. I took pics of my son dressed somewhat like "Jack". This place was not meant to be a house of horrors, but rather to give a feel for life back then. To me, it did the job as well as could be expected.
One OT thing though, in West Virginia, Charlestown I believe, there is a John Brown exhibit. At the end there pops out a figure, which scares the 'ell out of you, of John Brown, and you hear a recorded speech. The "Ripper" museum is not like that, it just gives a taste, and interesting taste and leave you to draw your own conclusions.
I think those interested in "Jack" should give it a whirl.