Items and images belonging to the Police Museum may also be borrowed by other museums, and through our information service you can receive help regarding matters related to the history of the Police.

We do not loan or rent uniforms or other items within the Police Museum collections to private persons or other operators.

Take a virtual tour of the Police Museum on your own computer or smartphone.

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.

Visiting the museum with children Everyone is welcome at the Police Museum. It is also an excellent destination for families with children as well as day-care and school groups. You can explore our exhibitions independently or book a guided tour f...

Explore the museum independently The Police Museum’s exhibitions and the children’s section, Pokela police station, have been designed to be enjoyed independently as well as with a guide. All signage and exhibition texts are in Finnish, Swedish, a...

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Our museum is located in Tampere and open to the public without an admission fee. Our exhibitions showcase the history and activities of the Finnish police force from medieval times to the present day.

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

We are a fully accessible museum.

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.

The poliisimuseo.fi online service provides information about the Police Museum. The Police Museum is responsible for the site as a whole.

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.

The Police Museum is located in Hervanta, Tampere on Vaajakatu 2.

Vi är ett helt tillgänglighetsanpassat museum.

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

This site includes a list of our social media accounts.

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.

In this section you can find, for example, our image bank and information on services that we offer to bodies such as other museums and media representatives.

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.

Guided tours and information and image services are chargeable. You can find a price list on this site.

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.

Groups can explore the museum on their own or reserve an introduction or guided tour. Please always inform us about your group visit in advance.

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!

The Police Museum is located in the facilities of the Police University College in the district of Hervanta in Tampere. You can contact us by email, telephone, post or on social media.

Groups can explore the museum on their own or reserve an introduction or guided tour. Please always inform us about your group visit in advance

Vårt museum i Tammerfors är gratis och öppet för alla. Vi visar polisens historia och verksamhet i Finland från medeltiden till idag.

Vi är ett museum öppet för alla, beläget i Tammerfors. Museet visar polisens historia och verksamhet i Finland från medeltiden till idag. Inträdet är gratis.

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.

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.

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.

6.11.2025 | The collection services of the Police Museum will not be available from January 1 to August 31, 2026. The information service related to the museum items is closed during this period. Moreover, the museum does not receive donations of objects.

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.

29.9.2025 | A separate parking area has been reserved for the vehicles of museum visitors from the beginning of October 2025. The parking permit required for the parking spaces can be collected from the reception point of the museum.

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!

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

30.6.2025 | In the future, the Police Museum will keep the historical artefacts of the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (Supo). The items transferred to the museum collections include objects such as a secret mailbox from the 1950s related to espionage and bottles found at sea in the 1970s, intended for the smuggling of prohibited material.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

20.6.2024 | Asphalt paving will be carried out in the parking area in front of the Police Museum and on the entrance road to the museum from 1 to 22 July 2024. Parking spaces are not in use for some of the time during the work and the museum yard cannot be accessed by car.

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.

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

20.5.2022 | The Police Museum received the Museum of the Year 2022 award granted by the Finnish Museums Association and ICOM (International Council of Museums) Finland.

31.8.2023 | To celebrate the Finnish Museums Association’s 100th anniversary, Posti will issue a sheet of stamps showcasing ten Finnish museums. The Police Museum is one of the museums to receive its own stamp.

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.

Our information and image service is happy to help: we will locate information and images in our archives or help you access further information sources.

20.5.2022 | Polismuseet har vunnit tävlingen Årets museum 2022, som ordnades av Finlands museiförbund och Internationella museirådets finska kommitté.

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.

11.4.2023 | Lauri Haavisto will take up the position of Chief Intendant, museum director of the Police Museum on 1 June 2023. He will join the Police Museum from his previous position as Head of Exhibitions at the Military Museum.

13.2.2024 | Are you looking for an activity for the winter holidays? Welcome to visit the Police Museum in Tampere!

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.

17.1.2023 | From 18 January 2023, the Police Museum will become a Museum Card museum. In practice, this means that you will be able buy a new Museum Card from us or extend the validity of your existing card. The Police Museum will still offer free entrance.

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.

15.6.2023 | The Crime Museum, situated on the premises of the National Bureau of Investigation in Vantaa, has been part of the Police Museum since 2019. The Crime Museum’s exhibition will now be renewed. The exhibition is not open to the general public, but some exhibits of the Crime Museum are on display at the Police Museum in Tampere.

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