Museums · Central Scotland
Glasgow Police Museum
Glasgow Police Museum — museum in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Nearest railway station
- Argyle Street · 0.3 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Glasgow Police Museum is a museum in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 2002. Address: G1 1LG. Wikidata describes it as: "museum in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom". Coordinates: 55.8580°, -4.2454°.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Glasgow Police Museum is an independent museum in the Scottish city of Glasgow. The museum opened in 2002 at the Glasgow Central Police Headquarters, before it was relocated to the Merchant City area of the city in 2009. The museum is dedicated to the history of the City of Glasgow Police, the United Kingdom's first modern-style municipal police force. It also displays a collection of over 2000 international police insignia and uniforms.
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Background
History
The museum was created by the Glasgow Police Heritage Society, a group of retired police officers from the former City of Glasgow Police. The Society had helped establish the Strathclyde Police Museum, but as this collection was not open to the public, it decided to open a museum that was free for the public in 2002 so that it could share the history of the city and country's first police force. In 2008, after the closing of the Central Police office where the museum was housed, the museum was moved to a repurposed office building on Bell Street.
Description
The museum describes the city's history with crime and the creation of the City of Glasgow Police in 1800 following the Glasgow Police Act, until it was merged into the Strathclyde Police in 1975. This history is shared via various artifacts that detail the people and events that contributed to the creation and development of the police force, such as official government documentation, newspaper articles, images, photographs and fictional texts, uniforms, weapons and other policing-related objects.
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- Coordinates
- 55.8580, -4.2454
- District
- Glasgow City
- Postcode
- G1 1LG
- Parliamentary constituency
- Glasgow East
- Established
- 2002
- Nearest railway station
- Argyle Street — 0.3 km
- Opening
- Mo-Sa 10:00 - 16:30; Su 12:00 - 16:30; Nov-Mar Mo off; Nov-Mar We-Sa off
- Official site
- www.policemuseum.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q113370177 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Glasgow Police Museum (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Glasgow Police Museum?
- Glasgow Police Museum is in central Scotland, United Kingdom (postcode G1 1LG).
- When was Glasgow Police Museum built?
- Built or established in 2002.
- Is Glasgow Police Museum free to visit?
- Yes, Glasgow Police Museum is free to enter.
- How do I get to Glasgow Police Museum?
- The nearest railway station is Argyle Street, about 0.3 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode G1 1LG.
- How busy is Glasgow Police Museum?
- Glasgow Police Museum draws around 9,000 visitors a year.