Justice and Police Museum — Attraction in Sydney

The Justice and Police Museum is centrally located within 5 minutes of circular quay and downtown. The room by room format offers an insight into the history of crime in Sydney and Australia. This museum relies heavily on text to deliver information, however employs a signficant amount of artifacts and photographs to help make following the stories more interesting and tangible. Throughout the museum are a variety of rooms adressing different topics such as famous criminals, object collections, legal proceedings and the role of law enforcement in criminal cases. Additionally, given this buildings historical uses as a court, the exhibits are integrated in the rooms giving a visual aid in imagining what the CJS may have felt like. Something to note; despite offering activites for kids (such as fingerprint registration) some of the photographs may not be appropriate for younger ages (bodies, gore, etc). Free entry as well as free guided tours twice a day which could provide more in depth information about the singificance of the building as well as the history preserved in the exhibits. Overall, defintely worth stopping by for a little hour.

ps. the ladies working at the reception this afternoon (15.01.25) were so sweet and gave me plenty of help with my exploration of sydney so...

As Sydney siders we celebrate royalty, success and above all else - crime. This is a peculiarity of having a heritage founded by thieves and murderers. So a museum displaying such activity - along with the actions of those hapless men and women sent to control such activity aka The Police, Prison Guards and such - is a good thing. Unnoticed on the high side of a street named Albert, downhill from Macquarie Street you won't know if you don't know. Go in, check it out - learn about the latter chapters of our convict past - gangsters, rascals, roustabouts - even the women doing the dirty on the clueless punters around them. See inside a court where justice was once done. Plenty of sandstone bricks and the warm wooden veneer of a police station dock - familiar site of the policing of a recent time. No WiFi. Costs to get in. Buy the fridge magnet of bad men done up in suits - and wonder, years later - why you insist on being part of the celebration of notoriety and impropriety we all...

I love this place, I came here on a school excursion many years ago and recently attended again for fun with a friend. The museum is quiet, informative and rich with history. It provides information about Indigenous peoples in the police force, including a beautiful video about an amazingly talented bush tracker and the service her did for the Australian police force. It has some artefacts from crime scenes and Australian cases, lots of photos, in amazing quality with lots of backstories to read, though it’s also a nice walkthrough just to look at things if you aren’t a big reader. It’s right next to circular quay station, and if you want an even better experience I highly suggest a tour, the staff are so friendly and respectful, as well as extremely knowledgeable on all the museum holds. They have Sydney’s first court room, and you’re allowed to go into the barricaded seating to really feel the perspective. And last but not least,...