Guided tours and events at the Police Museum are generally held in Finnish. You can find more information about Finnish guided tours and other events by selecting Finnish (suomi) at the top of this page.

4.8.2026 | The national Police Day will be celebrated on Saturday August 29, 2026. On that day, you will have a chance to get acquainted with police activities and equipment at the Police Museum and in its yard. Lots of fun activities are in store for the whole family!

17.9.2026 | The summer season at the Police Museum was exceptionally busy. Throughout the summer, the museum welcomed visitors from across Finland, and in July it achieved the highest monthly visitor count in its history.

5.8.2025 | The national Police Day will be celebrated on Saturday August 30, 2025. On that day, you will have a chance to get acquainted with police activities and equipment at the Police Museum and in its yard. Lots of fun activities are in store for the whole family!

8.6.2026 | The Police Museum is a free museum located in Hervanta, Tampere. After Midsummer, the museum will also be open on summer Sundays until August 30.

11.2.2026 | Are you looking for an activity for the winter holidays? Welcome to visit the Police Museum in Tampere! During the Tampere region winter holiday week, the museum offers special program for visitors.

19.1.2026 | The highlights of the year were the special exhibition on Art Crime Cases and the In Memoriam online exhibition, which opened in the autumn. The museum also hosted several events.

27.6.2024 | The national Police Day will be celebrated on Saturday 10 August 2024. That day, you can get acquainted with police equipment and activities, such as motorcycles, police dogs and mounted police with their horses, at the Police Museum and in its yard.

4.12.2025 | The Police Museum's new online exhibition “In Memoriam – Police killed in the line of duty” examines the history of police fatalities. The exhibition reveals for example the most dangerous types of assignments for police officers and how the work community responded to these events in different periods.

9.12.2025 | The Police Museum will be closed from 15 December 2025 to 19 January 2026. We will open our doors again on Tuesday 20 January 2026. During the break, you can explore our virtual museum and online exhibitions.

25.9.2025 | An exhibition opening in the new gallery facility of the Police Museum describes art crime through 14 criminal cases. Forged artwork of works by Reidar Särestöniemi, Helene Schjerfbeck, Pablo Picasso and others will be on display in the exhibition from October 1.

2.6.2025 | Heading to Tampere on a summer vacation? Visit the Police Museum while you’re there!

17.2.2025 | Are you looking for an activity for the winter holidays? Welcome to visit the Police Museum in Tampere! During the Tampere region winter holiday week, the museum offers special program for visitors.

10.12.2024 | The Police Museum will be closed from 16 December 2024 to 10 January 2025. The doors will be opened again on Saturday, 11 January 2025. During the break, you are welcome to explore our virtual museum and online exhibitions.

7.1.2025 | One important factor behind the popularity was the Marias and Mörkös special exhibition, which opened in spring 2024 and features, among other things, the world’s fastest police motorcycle and police cars from various decades.

15.5.2024 | The Police Museum was established in May 2004 in conjunction with the then National Police School in Tampere. The museum celebrates its 20th anniversary in many different ways. This includes memories posted on social media and various events.

25.4.2024 | In the special exhibition “Marias and Mörkös”, vehicles on display include the world’s fastest police motorcycle and police cars from various decades.

3.8.2023 | Register to join a free guided tour on Police Day!

18.4.2024 | The Police Museum’s opening hours will be prolonged from Tuesday, 30 April 2024. From the end of April, the museum is open until 4 p.m. from Tuesday to Friday.

7.12.2023 | The Police Museum will be closed from 18 December 2023 to 15 January 2024. The doors will be opened again on Tuesday, 16 January 2024. During the break, you are welcome to explore our virtual museum and online exhibitions.

15.1.2024 | The special exhibition “The Coloured Truth – Art Crime in Finland” that closed in December 2023 attracted an all-time record number or visitors to the Police Museum. The next temporary exhibition will open in spring 2024.

Public Order Collapses 1917 – When Hatred Became a Virtue and Revenge a Merit The “Public Order Collapses 1917” exhibition took museum visitors through the turmoil of the birth year of independent Finland. What happens when opposing opinions divid...

10.10.2023 | Forged works by “Gallen-Kallela”, “Schjerfbeck” and “Picasso”, information about art crime cases, the related investigations and cooperation between the authorities – all this can still be explored at the Police Museum in Tampere until mid-December.

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19.5.2023 | Have you already made your holiday plans for the summer? Would you be interested in exploring the world of art forgeries or try out your skills as a criminal investigator? Welcome to the Police Museum in Tampere!

10.1.2023 | In 2022, the Police Museum was visited by some 29,500 people. The year culminated in winning the Museum of the Year award.

Institutions such as museums, libraries and schools can borrow the travelling exhibition and display on their premises. The exhibition consists of eight roll-up posters.

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The Police Museum is open to all, free of charge. The museum presents the history and activities of the Finnish police from the Middle Ages to today.

We are a museum in Tampere that offers free entry for all visitors. Our exhibitions tell the history of the Finnish police and policing from the middle ages to the current day.

On this page, we have collected information that may be useful to you when planning a visit and when arriving at the museum.

The Police museum has a permanent exhibition, temporary exhibitions and online exhibitions.

On this site, you can find contact details of the Museum staff and you can download photographs related to the Museum from our image bank.

24.11.2022 | The Police Museum will be closed from 19 December 2022 to 9 January 2023. The doors will be opened again on Tuesday, 10 January 2023. During the break, you are welcome to explore our virtual museum and online exhibitions.

17.8.2022 | The museum will be open on Police Day on Saturday 27 August from 12 noon to 5 p.m. Welcome to explore the Museum of the Year, on-site or virtually!

Online exhibitions Online exhibitions enable you to get to know more about the history of the police, even if you would be unable to visit the Police Museum in Tampere. Our online exhibitions are open even when the museum is closed. This page has ...

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4.11.2021 | How have the police responded to crimes against homosexuals at different times? Why do we need the Police Rainbow Association? The new online exhibition “Crime and Love – The Decriminalization of Homosexual Acts” will answer these and many other questions.

4.2.2022 | The Police Museum’s doors will be opened again for visitors after the corona closure on Tuesday, 8 February 2022. The Museum is open from Tuesday to Friday 10 a.m.–3 p.m. and on Saturdays 12 noon–5 p.m.

9.12.2021 | The Police Museum will be closed from 20 December 2021 to 10 January 2022. The doors will be opened again on Tuesday, 11 January 2022. During the break, you are welcome to explore our virtual museum and online exhibitions.

5.5.2021 | The Police Museum’s doors will be opened again for visitors on 11 May. The Museum will be open from Tuesday to Friday 10 a.m.–3 p.m. and on Saturdays 12 noon–5 p.m. 

25.3.2021 | Forged artwork, criminal art trade, fraud, money laundering and embezzlement – there are many faces of art crime.

23.9.2024 | The Police Museum will arrange a free guided tour for the public on Tuesday, 29 October at 5:30 p.m.

4.1.2017 | The Police Museum as popular as ever - new exhibition coming

4.5.2017 | The exhibition Public order collapses – 1917 to open at the Police Museum

19.1.2018 | Record number of visitors to Police Museum and new online exhibition

9.5.2014 | Police Museum taking part in the Night of the Museums on 17th of May

8.1.2014 | Record year at the Police Museum: over 20,000 visitors

4.4.2013 | Special exhibition Police in Fiction opens at the National Police Museum

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