Cheshire’s Museum of Policing is opening its doors to the public on Saturday 12 September.
Housed in the police station in Arpley Street, Warrington, Cheshire’s Museum of Policing preserves and exhibits artefacts spanning a long history of policing in the county.
As has been tradition for a number of years, the museum will be opening its doors yet again on Saturday 12, to allow visitors of all ages to immerse themselves in the history of their local police force from its conception in 1838 right up to today.
Visitors can expect to find a number of policing artefacts including vehicles, weapons and investigative tools and a wide collection of uniforms from across the force’s 150-year-plus history.
Museum attendees can also experience life behind bars locked up in Victorian-era cells and step inside a formerly operational police box – however it is not bigger on the inside.
Alongside this, visitors will also be treated to displays from the Constabulary’s own Search Dogs, the Drone Unit and the Police Band. A range of vehicles from the force’s history will also be on site for attendees to climb into.
Cheshire’s Policing Museum is an independent charity run by volunteers in cooperation with Cheshire Constabulary, that has recently hosted children from across the region, the force’s newest recruits and retired and senior officers alike.
Last November, the Museum was also handed the prestigious King’s Award for Voluntary Service.
