Museum of Justice and Police


Not all Sydney attractions - bring fun and joy. There are special places among them where it will be interesting to visit people with non-standard interests. For example, in the museum of justice and police.

What to see?

In the museum you can see the dark criminal past of the metropolis.

Vessels cruising in the port were one of the busiest areas of the city. Sailors and bandits, guilty and innocent, local residents and guests, all to some extent left behind the stories that are presented to museums. Since the 1890s, the building still had police, insulators, chambers, courtrooms, investigative sites and cases of small and large bandits. The Museum of Police and Justice contains a huge archive of personal files, photographs on the scene of crimes, weapons and the conclusion of forensic experts. Many photos of prisoners: thieves, murderers, local criminals.

By 1979, the amount of work carried out by the police was redistributed, according to the new structure, to local courts, and in 1985 the police station was closed, and in its place a museum appeared.

For today in the Museums of Justice and Police all the atmosphere in the premises was reconstructed, when work on revealing illegal actions was boiling there.

The museum collection also contains forensic evidence from some of the most notorious crimes of the state to cases involving Bushrangers bandits who terrorized the colony from the 1850s to the 1880s.

Tourists can not only get acquainted with criminal archives and objects of violence, but also visit the bench of defendants in the role of the accused and in the role of judges.

How to get there?

The Museum of Justice and Police is located on the corner of Albert and Philip, near Circular Quay, where public transport stops.