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In a city that’s grown out from the harbour, the waterfront has always hummed with adventure and misadventure. Schemes devised, tempers lost, deals done, and not always on the right side of the law.
Step into the dark side of Sydney’s past with a visit to the Water Police station and courts that once made up one of the city’s busiest legal hubs. Crooks and cops, thugs and judges, locals and drifters, the guilty and the innocent have all left their stories here. With its 1890s holding cells, offices, charge room and courts, the museum draws you into a world of crime, punishment and policing, from bushrangers, sly grog and razor gangs to forensics. A vast archive of crime scene photography and mug shots reveal more than a century of underworld Sydney.
News from Justice & Police Museum
Volunteers
Museum Volunteer opportunity: Museum of SydneyWednesday 20 September 2017
Do you love interacting with people? Would you love to be a museum ambassador and gain hands-on experience in the museum environment? We’re looking for Museum Volunteers to join our team and play a role in engaging with visitors in our museums.
Volunteers
Museum Volunteer opportunity: Justice & Police Museum Wednesday 20 September 2017
Do you love interacting with people? Have you got an interest in crime & punishment and a desire to share fascinating & frightful stories with the public?
Events
A criminal city needs a criminal festivalThursday 27 July 2017
A new two-day festival is coming to Justice & Police Museum this September exploring Sydney’s unique relationship with crime.
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Finishing the interiors at Justice & Police MuseumWednesday 12 April 2017
Get a glimpse of the recent works at the museum, including timber repairs, painting, french polishing, and sandstone cleaning.
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Sydney’s underworld comes to life this summerTuesday 29 November 2016
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WW1: stories from our museums
Often poignant and sometimes heartbreaking, the stories reveal combatants, pacifists, patriotic fundraisers and anti-war activists, explore broader narratives of patriotism and expressions of jingoism, and touch on the aftermath of war and the memorialisation of those who enlisted.
