Victoria Police Museum — Attraction in Melbourne

Showcasing Victoria Police since inception, this small museum is both historical and insightful. Covering all sectors of The Force from the days of police horses, the canine unit, forensics, Ned Kelly (largest display of Kelly memorabilia) and much more it’s well worth a visit. Congratulations to the team who curated this with attention to detail as well as respect for officers who have died in the line of duty. Plenty for kids to do that’s fun and engaging. The whole museum would take around 40 minutes if you read all the displays and played along with some of the activities such as making a photo id from a quick viewing of a person’s face or examining your hand under a high powered microscope. Found the audio / video of the historical events of the Russell St bombing and Walsh Street murders triggering as I remember where I was when each of those events occurred and the emotions it brings up after the fact. Tragic. Staff are lovely and very helpful. Notes: Wheelchair accessible, no food available, tram right out the front, only a few hundred metres from Southern Cross station in the Melbourne West police complex, free entry.

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Ok so my daughter sees an add for this place and asks to go, sure! School holidays, why not? I do a bit of research on the place, looks pretty cool, figure out a day to head out there and set out. First thing, it's a little hidden. Took us a sec to find it and to be honest needed the help of the concierge in the building foyer to find it. Next, you look at all the cool stuff and exhibits they have on the website and you'd be forgiven for thinking it was slightly larger than it was, I swear my house is bigger and my house isn't big. But for all that this place is incredibly fascinating! Like it might be a bit on the small side but it's sure not empty!! Checking out all the old uniforms and case files and stuff was really interesting and the exploded car in the middle is really cool, I mean as an exhibit, I'm pretty sure watching it happen was actually terrifying. But yeah, all in all we enjoyed it. I will say if you're going to go there plan a second after activity too, maybe pair it up with the aquarium or something down the road because it's not an all day thing. Anyhow, say hi to...

I wanted to help clarify the precise location of the police museum because it's actual location can be confusing and there's no street signs in the vicinity to guide you. The Victoria Police Museum's official address is 637 Flinders Street. This address is also home to the Victoria Police Centre. However, the actual police MUSEUM is not located in the front building at the 637 Flinders St entrance. The VP Museum is located in the complex behind,which is known as the World Trade Centre,whose entrance and official address is 18-38 Siddeley Street. Siddeley Street is a bit like a service road that runs parallel to Flinders Street. It can be accessed by turning left or right off Flinders Street,or even left off Spencer St. For parking, there's only a couple of metered short term car spaces on the street itself but there are two large carparks situated there also but at premium rates. As for the museum itself, it's only open weekdays but if you're able to go, not only is it free, its definitely ...