Welcome to the Essex Police Museum website. Why not take a visit to the Essex Police Museum? Its free and there is plenty to see and do:

Discover more about the history of Essex Police from 1840 to present day.

Go back in time and feel what it was like to have been locked in a Victorian cell.

Learn about how Essex Constabulary was formed and how Essex Police evolved to what it is today.

Touch the Police objects and try on the Uniform. There's even the opportunity to try on the handcuffs.

Examine evidence from real crime murder stories.

Join in the museum trail and have a go at fingerprinting.

There's so much to do at the Essex Police Museum!

The Museum is now on Twitter

Click and follow the Museum on Twitter - be the first to hear about the latest events and special open days.

The Law online

We are adding our archive of the Essex Police Newspaper 'The Law' to this site over the coming weeks. More issues will be added each week. The Law newspaper

Looking for a school visit with a difference? We can offer free education sessions for schools linked to the National Curriculum requirements for History and Citizenship and QCA schemes of work.

Next event . . .

Saturday July 17, 2010. Open from 11am - 4pm

Alter-ego - What makes you 'you'?
If you could be someone else, who would you be?
Come and explore other identities in this family-friendly, drawing workshop. Use our identikit and be inspired by the Museum's stories of famous and infamous people.
Ages 5+

See all our forthcoming events

New book...

The Essex Police Force: A History by Martyn Lockwood is now available to purchase from the museum for £11.

This new book recalls the history of Essex Police from 1840 to the present day in photographs.

Paperback, illustrated with over 260 images, the majority of which have never been published before.

If you would like to purchase a copy, please send a cheque made payable to ‘Essex Police Museum’ for £11 (P&P is free) to Becky Wash, Essex Police Museum, PO Box 2, Headquarters, Springfield, Essex, CM2 6DA.