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List Of Police Museums
Police museums display police memorabilia related to a local police department or the history of law enforcement or emergency services in an area. {{TOC right CanadaOntario Provincial Police Museum, Canada* RCMP Heritage Centre, Regina, Saskatchewan * Rotary Museum of Police and Corrections, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan * Vancouver Police Museum * Winnipeg Police Museum United Kingdom * Bow Street Police Museum Glasgow Police Museum Scotland (entry free) * Hampshire Police and Fire Heritage Trust, housed in the Solent Sky Museum * Kent Police Museum, Chatham, Kent, England * Metropolitan Police Museum, London * National Emergency Services Museum in Sheffield, England * Thames Valley Police Museum * West Midlands Police Museum, Birmingham, England * The Museum of Policing in Devon & Cornwall, Devon, Englan United States * Alaska State Troopers Museum * The Greater Cincinnati Police Historical Society Museum * Cleveland Police Historical Society Museum * Maryland State Police ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Police Memorabilia Collecting
Police memorabilia collecting is a hobby involving the collection and trading of law enforcement-related items such as patches, badges, uniforms, equipment, hats, helmets, training manuals, medals, and decommissioned or restored police cars.In the United States, the distinction is that patches are embroidered insignia, whereas badges are metallic or plastic items affixed to a uniform Memorabilia generally focuses on collecting historical artifacts such as turn-of-the-century screw-based handcuffs, though it can also include collecting modern items, typically those that have been decommissioned. Public collection In the United States, many laws have been enacted which control possession of law enforcement insignia for security purposes, and this has impacted civilian collecting because they do not want the patches to be given to anyone other than law enforcement officers. In addition to this, patch reproductions have also become a problem amongst collectors, and most serious his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City Police Museum
The New York City Police Museum (NYCPM) is a museum that has featured the history and contributions of the New York City Police Department since its establishment in 1845. The museum was located in Lower Manhattan in New York City, near Wall Street and the South Street Seaport prior to losing its home due to Hurricane Sandy. While one of the museum's primary focuses is a memorial to the September 11 attacks, the museum contains a wide range of information on the history of the NYPD. It also allows visitors to simulate a police firefight, and judges whether or not the shooting was correct, allowing civilians to have some understanding of situations that police face. Planning On February 16, 1998, plans for a police museum were unveiled when then- Police Commissioner Howard Safir and the Alliance for Downtown New York (the local Business improvement district) made $5 million available for the museum in return for a new police substation in Lower Manhattan. Funding for the museum w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fire Museum
Fire museums, also known as firefighting museums are prevalent throughout the world. Australia *The Old Perth Fire Station in Perth houses the Fire Safety Education Centre and Museum since 1985. *The Fire Services Museum of Victoria is in Melbourne. *The Penrith Museum of Fire is located in Sydney. Canada * Canadian Fire Fighters Museum – Port Hope, Ontario. * Fire Fighters Museum – Winnipeg, Manitoba * Regional Firefighters Interpretation Center – Nova Scotia. * Firefighters' Museum of Nova Scotia - Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. China The Fire Services Museum in Macau opened in 1999. Estonia The Estonian Firefighting Museum in Tallinn was established in 1974. Ireland The Dublin Fire Brigade has a museum in the O'Brien Institute Japan The Yotsuya firefighting station in Shinjuku City houses an extensive museum spread over several floors. The 5th and 4th floors cover the history of firefighting in Tokyo, whereas the 3rd floor is dedicated to modern firefighting. The ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime Museum (other)
The Crime Museum is a collection of criminal memorabilia kept at New Scotland Yard, headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service in London, England. Known as the Black Museum until the early 21st century, the museum came into existence at Scotland Yard sometime in 1874, arising out of the collection of prisoners' property gathered as a result of the Forfeiture Act 1870 and intended as an aid to the police in their study of crime and criminals. Initially unofficial, it had become an official if private museum by 1875, with a police inspector and a police constable assigned to official duty there. Not open to the public, it was used as a teaching collection for police recruits and was only ever accessible by those involved in legal matters, royals and other VIPs. Now sited in the basement of the Curtis Green Building (the present New Scotland Yard), the museum remains closed to the public but can be visited by officers of the Metropolitan Police and any of the country's pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Police Museum
The World Police Museum () is a museum about policing in Guishan District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan. The museum is located inside the Central Police University. Architecture The floor of the museum spans over an area of 1,320 m2. Missions The mission of the museum is: * To broaden research realm of police studies and to upgrade the quality of police studies * To gain updated information of all areas for the reference of police reform in Taiwan * To promote international academic exchange and to strengthen international police cooperation Exhibitions The museum has the following exhibits: * Taiwan Police Hall * International Police Hall See also * List of museums in Taiwan This is a list of museums in Taiwan, including cultural centers and arts centres. Kaohsiung City * Chung Li-he Museum * Cijin Shell Museum * Fongshan Community Culture Museum * Former British Consulate at Takao * Hamasen Museum of Taiwan Rai ... References External links * Law enforcement museums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venlo Police Museum
Venlo () is a city and municipality in the southeastern Netherlands, close to the border with Germany. It is situated in the province of Limburg, about 50 km east of the city of Eindhoven, 65 km north east of the provincial capital Maastricht, and 45 km north west of Düsseldorf in Germany. The municipality of Venlo counted 101,578 inhabitants as of January 2019.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Retrieved on 6 March 2019. History Early history Roman and Celtic coins have been found in Venlo; it was speculated to have been the settlement known as '' Sablones'' on the Roman road connecting Maastricht with Xanten, but the little evidence there is concerning the location of Sablones speaks against this thought while there is no evidence in support of it. Blerick, on the west bank, was known as ''Blariacum''. Documents from the 9th century mention Venlo as a trade post; it developed into one of the more important ones in the Meuse-Rhine area, receiving city rights in 1343, and beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Police Museum (Stockholm)
The Police Museum (''Polismuseet'') is a policing museum in Stockholm, Sweden, run by and telling the history of the Swedish Police Authority, Swedish Police. It has existed in its present form since 2007. References External links 2007 establishments in Sweden Museums in Stockholm Law enforcement museums in Europe Law enforcement in Sweden Museums established in 2007 {{Sweden-museum-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Police Museum India
The National Police Memorial in India commemorates the 34,844 police personnel from all of the central and state police forces in India who have died in the line of duty since the nation's Independence in 1947. Located in New Delhi's Chanakyapuri area, the memorial consists of a tall and heavy black granite central sculpture, a museum and a 'Wall of Valour' bearing the names of all 34,844 police personnel who have died in the line of duty. The underground museum is the first police museum of its kind in India, and showcases over 2000 years of policing in the region, since the time of Kautilya's system of law and order in 310 BCE. The renovated and refurbished memorial and museum was inaugurated by the prime minister, Narendra Modi, on 21 October 2018, which is also the Police Commemoration Day (Police Martyr's Day) in India. Historical background The National Police Memorial commemorates the police personnel who died in the fight against terrorism, militancy a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garda Museum
The Garda Museum is a police museum located in Dublin, Ireland, located in the Treasury Building of Dublin Castle. Opened in 2017 and designed by Dara Lynne Lenehan, it covers the history of policing in the Republic of Ireland (excluding Northern Ireland), including medieval watchmen, the Baronial Constabulary, County Constabulary, the Dublin Metropolitan Police, the Royal Irish Constabulary and the Civic Guard/Garda Síochána. The then Commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan officially opened it in December 2016, but legal disputes meant that the public could not visit until August 2017. It replaced an older museum which had been housed in the Record Tower. References External linksOfficial site Museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make thes ... History museums in the Rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong Police Museum
The Police Museum is a museum dedicated to the history of policing in Hong Kong. The museum is housed in the former Wan Chai Gap Police Station, located at 27 Coombe Road, Wan Chai Gap, The Peak. About 1,200 exhibits are displayed in the Museum and there is generally one rotating specialised exhibition display. The Police Museum is currently working on a revitalisation project. The museum had been temporarily closed for renovation from 2021-05-31 and will be re-opened in March 2022. History The Police Museum was forerun by the Police Historical Records Committee which formed in 1964. The Committee collected a significant number of artifacts relating to the history of the Hong Kong Police Force and proposed the foundation of a museum to display them. The Police Museum was originally housed in Police Headquarters; it was started in a limited form in 1976 and later moved to Tai Sang Commercial Building in Wan Chai, and moved to the former Wan Chai Gap Police Station in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyprus Police Museum
The Cyprus Police Museum is a museum in Cyprus, dedicated to the history of law enforcement in the country. It is owned by the Cyprus Police and managed by Department A' of the Police Headquarters. The Police Museum is open to the public from Monday to Friday between 0900-1300 and does not charge admission. History The Cyprus Police Museum was founded in 1933 during the British Colonial Period (1878–1959). The then British Chief of Police of the colonial government, W.C.C. King sent a circular to all Divisional Police Headquarters announcing the founding of the Police Museum, then known as the Criminal Museum, requesting that all responsible officers of the Criminal Investigation Departments (C.I.D.) of each district send any unusual criminal samples, samples relating to serious cases or interesting items that are suitable for exhibit at the museum, to the Police Headquarters. Initially the Police Museum was housed at the Criminal Investigation Department at the Police Headquar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phoenix Police Museum
The Phoenix Police Museum is located on 2nd Ave & Jefferson Street, on the 1st floor of the Historic Phoenix City Hall. The museum highlights the history of the Phoenix Police Department from 1881, when Henry Garfias, was elected the first city marshal to the present. The museum also has an exhibit which explains the connection between the Phoenix Police and the "Miranda Rights". There are various educational exhibits in the museum some of which the community can participate and have an interactive experience. History In October 1993, a temporary six-month display of the history of the Phoenix Police was created and exhibited at the Historic Phoenix City Hall located at 17 S. Second Ave.. The response of the public to the exhibit was favorable. A petition was made by various organizations, such as the Phoenix Law Enforcement Association, to the Arizona Humanities Council to help fund a study of police-related artifacts. The study proved that there was enough material in existence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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