The Queensland Police Museum provides an Education Program aimed at upper primary, middle and senior school students and general interest groups, from the ages of ten years upwards. The program has been running for at least 20 years in various forms, commenced with impromptu guided tours of the museum’s exhibition space, to scheduled informative talks and the provision of educational support materials.
The Police Museum is a great resource for educators interested in areas concerned with historical and modern policing, forensic science and the law. Teachers, and parents with young children, are encouraged to come into the museum prior to their visit to determine the suitability of the exhibition space and crime scene display; some material is not appropriate for very young children.
Representative of a Queensland Police Museum crime lecture; riveted audience and real photographic evidence.
Image uncatalogued and courtesy of the Queensland Police Museum.
Bookings are taken for groups of between 20 and 50 people, and include an informative crime presentation, currently titled ‘The Clue on the Shoe’ for primary students, ‘The Murder of Maria Nozic’ for secondary students in Years 7 to 9, and ‘The Suitcase Murder’ for Years 10 to 12. Community groups have the (pre-arranged) option to hear about ‘The Ocean Island Murders’, or ‘The Tale of a Taxi and a Dog’. Smaller groups (less than 20) wishing to self-guide are welcome to make bookings.
Scientific Officer Senior Sergeant Rechelle Cook from the Forensic Services Branch attends major crime scenes to gather and examine evidence to aid criminal investigations. The Scientific Major Incident Response Vehicle is in the background.
Image number PM0551, from 2001, courtesy of the Queensland Police Museum.
If weekend events are your thing, our monthly Sunday openings feature guest speakers from across the historical and crime-solving spectrums. Lectures are held from 11:00am until 12:30pm on the last Sunday of the month between February and November in the ground level conference room of Queensland Police Headquarters (200 Roma Street, Brisbane). Keep informed by subscribing to our free weekly Blog here: mypolice.qld.gov.au/museum
Here, Water Police Officer Senior Sergeant Bob Harding points to flood level marks made in the 1974 floods which affected the Water Police office at Petrie Bight, Boundary Street, Brisbane.
Image number PM0509, taken in 1991, courtesy of the Queensland Police Museum.
Email museum@police.qld.gov.au or phone 07 3364 4652 to negotiate booking times or to find out more about our programs, displays and the Sunday Lecture Series. We look forward to seeing you at an event very soon.
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This information has been supplied by the Queensland Police Museum from the best resources available at the time of writing. The Police Museum is open 9am to 4pm Monday to Thursday and 10am to 3pm on the last Sunday of the month (Feb-Nov) and is located on the Ground Floor of Police Headquarters at 200 Roma Street, Brisbane.
Email: museum@police.qld.gov.au
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