Police and Prison Museums

A museum is an institution that cares for a collection or a historic building in any field of endeavor that is of interest to humankind.

The types of museums vary from large institutions to smaller institutions focusing on specific subjects.

Below is the evolving list of Police & Prison Museums featured on “Joy of Museums”.

Prison Museums

• Old Melbourne Gaol, Australia
• Fremantle Prison, Australia
• Adelaide Gaol, Australia

Police Museums

• National Law Enforcement Museum, USA
• CIA Museum
• Queensland Police Museum, Australia
• City of London Police Museum

Specialist Museums

• Historic House Museums
• Cultural and Heritage Museums
• Police and Prison Museums
• Archaeological Museums
• Air and Space Museums
• Military and War Museums
• Maritime Museums and Museums Ships
• Science and Technology Museums
• Natural History Museums
• Buddhist Art
• Christian Art
• Ancient Egyptian Art
• History Paintings
• American Art

Historic House Museums

• Charles Dickens Museum
• Sherlock Holmes Museum
• Norman Lindsay Gallery and Museum
• Atatürk Museum (Thessaloniki)
• Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
• Queen’s House, Greenwich
• Hampton Court Palace
• Sir John Soane’s Museum
• Driehaus Museum
• Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney

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“He who opens a school door closes a prison.”  
– Victor Hugo

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