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We’re delighted to have opened our new Coventry Police Museum within the heart of the city centre.
It has been opened today (4 September) within Coventry City Council House and contains a range of information, images and historical items.
A number of guests including our Chief Constable Craig Guildford, the Police and Crime Commissioner Simon Foster, Coventry councillors, Coventry Mayor and Coventry police commander attended the opening ceremony.
We also welcomed Olive Parsons, who is the sister of a West Midlands Police officer who documented policing during the Blitz. Her dad was also a police officer in Coventry.
There’s been a museum in Coventry since 1957, having originally been based within the basement of Coventry Police Station.
When Coventry was named a City of Culture in 2021, the museum was moved to a premises on Hertford Street on a temporary basis.
The new museum is open Thursday and Friday between 10 am and 2 pm and admission is free.
This is subject to volunteer availability and we’re grateful to everyone who has offered to dedicate their free time, including some ex-police officers, to help bring the history of policing in the city to life.