Kent Police Museum Logo - Based at The Chatham Historic Dockyard the Museum traces the history of The Kent Police Force from it's early days right through to modern times.
     
 
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Fri 16 May , 2008
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Montage of images showing different aspects of Kent Police's historyWelcome to the Kent Police Museum.

We hope you will like what you see on the various pages, and that this will induce you to come along and see what we have on display here in the Historic Dockyard, Chatham.

The Police Museum was started as a collection of Police memorabilia in the 1960's by officers who felt there was a need to show our history. In 1973, the museum was opened in the attic at Police HQ in Maidstone, by retired inspector John Fail.

Over the years it moved around to different offices, ending up in the attic of the C.I.D. block. Visitors to the museum had to book and appointment, and were shown around by a member of the Operations Department. In 1992, in response to the need for more office space, the museum had to be dismantled, and was stored in boxes. The Historic Dockyard heard about this, and offered us the use of Boiler House No. 3 for seven years.

After restoration and repairs, the Police Museum, moved into the building, and was opened by the Lord Lieutenant of Kent on the 25th July 1994.

 
The Museum re-opens for the 2008 season this weekend (Sunday 10th February. A major new exhibit at the museum is the recent arrival, a 1930's Police Box. An iconic item in police history and also known to many people as the Tardis in BBC's Dr Who, the police boxes were an important part of policing in the 20th century, come a long and find out more...
 
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