Temporary exhibitions
Dive deeper into police operations in our temporary changing exhibitions! Our temporary exhibitions provide information on the various themes of police work. The special exhibitions are usually on display for 2–3 years.
This page provides information on what temporary exhibitions are currently on display in the Police Museum. We also announce forthcoming exhibitions on this page.
All the exhibition texts at the Police Museum are in Finnish, Swedish, and English.
Marias and Mörkös – Police Vehicles On and Off the Road
The police move on land, in water and in the air – in little streets in cities, on the roads, in the fells and in waterways. The “Marias and Mörkös” special exhibition presents a diverse display of police vehicles: cars, motorcycles, scooters, snow scooters and all-terrain vehicles.
For example, the exhibition includes the Saab 99 car, familiar for many, but also more rarely seen police vehicles, such as the world’s fastest police motorcycle, Kawasaki Ninja H2 SX. The oldest vehicle on display at the exhibition is a 1962 model Renault Goélette that was formerly used by Tampere police and that eventually ended up in TV2 children’s program ‘Pelle Hermanni’.
Photo the Police Museum, Roosa Lehtonen
“The patrol van ‘Maria’, mentioned in the name of the special exhibition, will also be on display, and museum visitors can take a seat in it. The other vehicle mentioned in the name of the exhibition, ‘Mörkö’, is not on site in the museum, but it is presented in words and pictures. ‘Mörkö’ is the nickname for crowd control police forces’ dark personnel carrier van with protective covering.
At the “Marias and Mörkös” exhibition, museum visitors get information both of the history and current situation of police vehicles. These days, police fleet includes armored vehicles, cars equipped for crime scene investigation, snow scooters, personal watercraft and unmanned aerial vehicles. The exhibition also informs about driver training of the police and its development. The exhibition is suitable for museum visitors of all ages.
The special exhibition is open until 4 December 2027.
Photo the Police Museum, Roosa Lehtonen
News item about opening of the exhibition
Pictures related to the exhibition in the image bank on our website
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