New Zealand Police Museum in Wellington

A great interactive place for kids

Great place for a very informative outing today. The lady at the reception was very friendly to and guided us and gave all the extra info.

Absolutely awesome, I need to come back and take more time there. I also want to bring my son, a former Policeman, who has his own story, and in my view needs to know the experiences of other police in similar circumtances to know of other adventures as a police officer.

Love the museum, its rich in history and awesome for the kiddies to learn and interact with police and police officers

Interesting information but not extensive....would recommend for kids 7+yrs...

Fascinating insite into NZ history, great place to visit

Friendly staff, not a big museum but very interesting. Some interactive resources. Also a small souvenir shop.

Well worth a visit if you want to learn more about our fine police officers and the work they have done over the many years of service

Absolutely loved this place kids had a blast trying on old police uniform and doing there finger prints and taking photos and seeing the car that had been in an accident, they also have a little gift shop there is no fee to enter but they love a good donation

Not somewhere I had heard of before, just happened to be in the neighborhood, well worth a look good display of NZ police history and criminal history.

Interesting displays and information on historic New Zealand crime and police operations and even a uniform try on for those photos with the kids.

Had such an awesome time, would recommend to young an old as you get to dress up an take photos

If you have the time there is a lot of information to absorb. Its very interesting.

Really good place to visit. Great experience.

Excellent museum. Lot of our history. Then taken over to lunch. Surrounded by dozens of police men & women. Felt very safe 😄

Five stars. Make a booking with Nick BSc as your tour guide. $5.00 community members and $3.00 seniors. Go community groups. Honours womens contribution to modern policing. Extraordinary testament to the shifting sands of New Zealand social values and criminology. Parental Guidance Advised.

What an amazing experience! Really loved our visit at the NZ Police Museum. Lots of interactive activities and a variety of displays on the different things our police do. After our visit, we were filled with appreciation and gratitude for all our police does to keep NZ safe. Thank you.

Nice compact museum documenting some very interesting police history. Real pieces of evidence and aftermath are on display.

Amazing. So much history both good and bad. Very well worth a visit.

Very interesting and we learned a lot about the history of policing in NZ and some of the exhibits are daunting...

Brilliant museum. Took 2 little people , the interactive part , being able to wear jackets and headwear was extensively used , judging by the children around us. Great feature

Some interesting stuff there. Well presented and free entry is awesome.

Well maintained museum. Friendly staff. Good information for everyone. Kids really enjoyed . Highly recommended

Amazing place! A lot of activities for kids and adults. Wonderfully written history of nz police development. Extremely helpful and friendly museum worker (sorry, we forgot to ask your name 😳). Highly recommended to visit!

Fantastic place to go to look around. The 2 ladies that were on were nice. Awesome exhibts.

Great place to visit, really good to see the history behind the police force.

Just paid a visit with 2 grandkidsExcellent and very informative place that kept the grandkids (& grandfatherinterestedThe visit was made even better from the friendly and informative lady at the reception

Amazing place! Fantastic staff who really went above and beyond to accommodate our group. Great interactive and informative activities and displays. Worth more than one visit!

Fantastic, educational museum for all ages

Ive been here twice, once last August and once this past week. So impressed with the magnitude of information provided within, very interesting and exciting to look at. Everything is kept very clean and exhibits are well preserved. The gift shop was lovely, only critique is that it would be nice if adult-sized clothing garments were available. The volunteer staff are very friendly and up for a chat. Such a positive experience both times :)

Great little place to bring the children and suitable for adults as well. Check out events tho as in school holidays they sometimes have special events on. Free entry. Some times the events will have a small charge

Great museum. Historical, informative, current and interesting. I particularly enjoyed the Erebus exhibition. There was plenty to keep the kids occupied.

This is worth a visit. I have always wanted to go through but never had time. You can just go and look for your self or a guide to talk you through. Will go again. 😊

Well worth seeing. So much history under our noses. From the old BMW motorcycles to vintage uniforms that you can try on

Great experience. Well layed out, very informative and engaging staff. Educator was great, soft spoken, patient and friendly. Good level of detail and kept kids engaged for 1st half of day. Unfortunate that police officer didnt show in 2nd half but needs must. Well worth a look.👍🙂

Spent long time not realizing!! Although the building is not huge, pretty many valuable data and exhibitions to learn. Must be good to take friends or family as well. They have some parking space in front of museum for visitors.

Learned so much more than I expected about the New Zealand Police. Everything is presented in a factual tone--the good and the bad. Very enjoyable visit, and the gift shop has some unique gifts.Sadly, Aramoana is no longer the deadliest mass murder in recent New Zealand history, so that display will need to be updated. Heres hope that its the last time that display needs to be updated.My only suggestion would be to include more information from recently or currently active officers. It would be good to showcase some of the good work currently going on.

Very interesting and hands on interactives made it fun for children. Well worth the visit and its free.

I loved going to this place pretty much right next to the police college. Heaps of info of where our police force has come from. And a few historical cases that most of us will remember. Lots of items to see and thing to do for young and old. Well worth going to in my opinion.

Our grandchildren had a great time here. It is a small exhibition but because it was school holidays there was a list of a number of items for the children to look for and mark off. This always makes a museum more interesting when kids have a task to complete - and they found everything.

Went and took interest in the displays, 4 days later I am visited by 2 police officers expressing concern about my behaviour. 2 days after that, Im served with a trespass notice. Definitely NOT recommended for a place to visit. The person with me is as astounded as I am as to how they deemed my behaviour to be threatening

My boy (10loves coming here and gets lost for hours in the exhibitions and displays. Very interesting and well supported.

Had a great time with the kids. Really good information, displayed and shared in a caring, sympathetic & sensitive manner. Definitely going again - also buggy friendly & the bonus of a change table in the toilet & a small selection of kids toys & books in an accessible area. Must-do: photos on the motorbike!

Really interesting, well worth the visit. Free entry but I am sure they appreciate a donation in the box on the way out. Koha! Kids can do a junior detective game with clues throughout the museum. Guy at front desk was very friendly and helpful, excellent knowledge of exhibits. If you read everything and partook of all interactive displays you would need at least a couple of hours

Glad I visited. You get the usual history and narrative of some high profile incidents in police history.There is a section where you can dress up in police gear and take pictures which makes for some nice memories.There is also a minor treasure hunt for children who can own a junior detective badge on completion of the hunt. This has great potential and could be polished further to get children and even parents more involved and makes the experience more memorable.

Enjoyable museum with some really interesting exhibits. Website seemed to say it costs to enter but it was just donations when we went.

A great little museum with some interesting insights of police work and some of the more high profile crimes over the years. Kids certainly loved the dress up area and riding on a real Police motorbike. Older kids and adults can try and solve mysteries with clues hidden in the exhibits. Entry is free with $5 for a guided tour.

Looking for somewhere to go that is "free" to enter. Fill of interesting information and great if you are at loose end with the children each term they have different clues for them to find and become a Junior Detective and if you want to take up the challenge yourself you can also become a Senior Detective. Worth a visit.

The museum runs really good activity days in school holidays and does excellent tours for school groups. There is exhibits there of interest to both adults and children.

It was really interesting with lots of interesting things to look at and read. I loved reading about the history of the New Zealand Police and seeing how things have changed. Its free to get into which is nice and wasnt busy when we went.