Justice & Police Museum
All sides of the law
Step into Sydney’s dark side. Crooks and cops, locals and drifters, the guilty and the innocent have all left their stories here. Originally a police station and courts, the museum draws you into a world of crime, policing and punishment, from bushrangers and razor gangs to the future of forensics. In a city that’s grown out from the harbour, the waterfront has always been a place of misadventure and misdemeanour.
Justice & Police Museum
Gadigal Country
Corner Albert and Phillip streets, Sydney NSW 2000- Wheelchair accessible
Display
![Sergeant Tracker Alexander ‘Alec’ Riley, standing in police uniform](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/zl9du87e/production/92e8deb95e9d0497e4d992b2166fd5c2851d3fc6-1600x1884.jpg?rect=0,0,1600,1247&fit=max&auto=format)
Alexander Riley, legendary Aboriginal police tracker
The remarkable talents of Aboriginal trackers who worked for NSW Police in the 20th century are featured in a display at the Justice & Police Museum
Stories
Browse all![Black and white image of a sandstone building. A man can be seen in the foreground.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/zl9du87e/production/73b9a81b9c80c302bd1d758acb7347003848cf31-2296x1648.jpg?fit=max&auto=format)
Gritty business
Immerse yourself in Sydney's chilling criminal past in this unique water-front museum of policing, law and disorder – with its grizzly collection of underworld weapons along with tales of mayhem and lawlessness, aptly described as an educational resource befitting a 'professor in crime'
![Sergeant Tracker Alexander ‘Alec’ Riley wearing his police uniform](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/zl9du87e/production/92e8deb95e9d0497e4d992b2166fd5c2851d3fc6-1600x1884.jpg?fit=max&auto=format)
Alexander Riley, legendary Aboriginal police tracker
The remarkable talents of Aboriginal trackers who worked for NSW Police in the 20th century are featured in a display at the Justice & Police Museum
![Image of a 3D scan of a dark brown leather shoe on a dark background](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/zl9du87e/production/9436fc29bdb0629a760ffa84e16133979f56a514-1879x1039.jpg?fit=max&auto=format)
Dodgy, dangerous, disturbing
3D models: a fascinating exploration of some seemingly innocent objects modified for nefarious purposes from the Justice & Police Museum collection
![TBC - Hands holding glass neg_original_GS](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2022/12/2af874272dd441d780f3f31b2e128afa.jpg)
The Collection: NSW Police Forensic Photography Archive
The Justice & Police Museum cares for an eclectic collection of material relating to Sydney’s criminal and policing history
Learning programs
Browse all![Students participating in A Trial Run at the Justice & Police Museum](https://images.mhnsw.au/fotoweb/embed/2024/03/bdb5e04b574b40cd944a36727790497b.jpg)
A Trial Run
Within the setting of a historic police station and courthouse, this program gives students the opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of the interrelationships between the law and society
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Bailed Up!
Students explore the impact of the gold rush on law and order in the colony of NSW, and of bushrangers on the Australian identity
![Linda Agostini on Coogee Beach, Sydney](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2022/12/65011eb4372b4a0b85f950573e8e3674.jpg)
Crime & punishment: a case study
This challenging and thought-provoking program develops students’ skills in historical research and critical thinking, and their appreciation of history as a study of human experience