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 Welcome
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.
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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...
