The Tetbury Police Museum is situated in the original historic Victorian Police Station, Gaol and Magistrates Court. This significant building was one of 16 Police Stations and Magistrates Courts built in Gloucestershire between 1858 and 1909.

Opening times: Wednesdays & Fridays
Time: 11am - 3pm
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The Museum is home to a unique and fascinating collection of stories, photographs, objects and memorabilia. The collection brings alive the story of a community over the last 200 years through the eyes of a small group of dedicated people who were in charge of maintaining law and order in the town and surrounding countryside. This wonderful collection takes us on a journey of change, growth and development from the early 1800’s, a journey that is still continuing today.

Discover our fascinating case files of investigations and arrests. Explore the collections from the earliest call sign ‘a rattle and a lantern’ to our modern ‘comms’. Learn what was in store when you spent a night in the cells and came up before the Magistrates the next day!.

Events:
Young detectives - Help us solve crimes and mysteries.
Identifit - Can you match the face to the crime?
Draw to explore - Bringing our collection out from behind the glass.
Cold cases - Explore the evidence, discover more, solve the crime.

The Court Room:
On the first floor of the Museum we have re-created a Magistrates Court in session using full-size figures to help bring the scene alive.
Listen to a typical court hearing of the late 1940s which really brings the whole proceedings to life.
Pick up an old-fashioned telephone to hear callers to the police station report crimes.