Greater Manchester Police Museum & Archives

The museum will be closed from 3rd August to Tuesday 6th October for renovation work. However, the archives remain open and the outreach service continues as usual throughout this period.



'One of the city's best-kept secrets is this superb museum' Lonely Planet - Great Britain 2009.

Imagine stepping back in time to a Victorian Manchester, not the city of commerce and corporate splendour but a hidden city of gas lamps and narrow alleys, of slums and unruly alehouses. Now imagine a busy police station in the heart of that city from where police officers arrested criminals and upheld the law.



Greater Manchester Police Museum was opened in 1981 in the orginal Victorian Station and tells the tale of the development of policing from the Robert Peel and the 'Peelers' to modern day. There is a restored charge office, cell area and a reconstructed Magistrates Court from Denton. The galleries display a range of memorablia from uniforms and equipment to photographs, vehicles and policing around the world'.



Admission Free
Open Tuesday 10.30am to 3.30pm

Last admission at 3.00pm

Other weekdays by appointment for group visits

Closed weekends and public holidays

Please allow 1.5 hours for your visit.

All group visits must be by prior arrangement

Recommended maximum group number 20.



The Museum has access ramps, lift, unisex toilet for visitors with disabilities, Souvenir Shop and toilets.

No refreshments or parking available on site, but please ask about disabled parking.

The museum is a ten minute walk from Piccadilly Railway Station, Bus Station and Piccadilly Gardens Metrolink.