West Midlands Police Museum
The museum's entrance, in Court Road | |
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Location | Court Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham, England |
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Coordinates | 52°27′02″N 1°51′54″W / 52.45060°N 1.86488°WCoordinates: 52°27′02″N 1°51′54″W / 52.45060°N 1.86488°W |
Type | Police museum |
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Owner | West Midlands Police |
Website | www |
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The West Midlands Police Museum is located in a wing of Sparkhill police station, Birmingham, England, which was formerly a courtroom.[1][2]
One of two museums operated by the West Midlands Police, it is only open by appointment or on occasional open days.[1][3] The main part of the collection relates to Birmingham City Police.[1]
The museum houses comprehensive archives of the West Midlands Police and its predecessors dating back to the formation of Birmingham City Police in 1839,[4][5] as well as a small collection of paintings, including a portrait of Sir Charles Horton Rafter, the longest-serving Chief Constable of Birmingham.[6] The archives contain records of all police officers who served in the area of the present West Midlands Police and are of particular interest to genealogists.[7]
Sparkhill Library occupies the adjacent building.
There are plans to relocate the museum to the Victorian listed cell block at Steelhouse Lane police station.[8]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Police museum". West Midlands Police. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ^ "West Midlands Police Museum". The Caravan Club. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ^ "Repository Details". ARCHON Directory. The National Archives. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ^ "Birmingham City Police 1839 -1974". West Midlands Police. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ^ Young, Gary (17 December 2013). "West Midlands Police Museum goes back to Victorian times". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ^ "Your Paintings - West Midlands Police Museum". Art UK. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ^ "Genealogy Information". West Midlands Police. Archived from the original on 19 August 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ^ "Police museum takes a leap closer to reality". West Midlands Police. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
External links[]
- Museums in Birmingham, West Midlands
- West Midlands Police
- Law enforcement museums in England
- Birmingham City Police
- Sparkhill
- Former courthouses in England
- United Kingdom museum stubs