Justice and Police Museum

We had an hour to spare and decided to check this place out. It’s an old police station, cells and court rooms now a Museum. It was free to enter, interesting, clean toilets, friendly staff and informative. My favourite was the cells and old court room. Families seemed to be enjoying themselves with the kids getting photos taken in the old prisoners dock and cells. I’m sure you could spend longer there but 45 minutes was enjoyable and enough for us.
The Red review - 2 months ago

Justice & Police Museum Sydney is a free museum with accessible ramp or steep stairs to get into.Staff are not only friendly but very knowledgable about the place.There is a guide book with map and a kids trail (which as an adult was so much fun to do).The museum itself is 3 buildings in one with loads of information,photos,artifacts and objects all relating to policing and crime around the Sydney area.A content warning is for some displays and children under 15 must be accompanied by an adult.There are toilets for all as well as seating,a small shop with books,toys and my favourite postcards.
celina marscham - a month ago

What a fantastic museum! If you're a fan of dark history, crime, gangsters, and Bushmen, this museum is IDEAL. Great anecdotes about some of Australias dark history, as well as a well documented history of forensic science. Great guided tour, albeit brief.
Paul Phelps - 6 months ago

Free museum with an incredible story about some underground history of Sydney 100+ years ago. Takes about 30-45 mins to explore. Can do this self-paced or there are tours 1130am or 230pm. Only open Sat and Sun. Was still in use until the 70’s with police families living upstairs. Recently watched the SBS doco ‘Death on a Staircase’ which inspired the visit here.
Evie - 6 months ago

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 shoutout to them!
David - 4 months ago