WMP Museum team2 days ago1 minThe Police AmbulanceAs we celebrate 72 years since the creation of the NHS today - let's take a little look back at when the police ran the ambulances. Polic...
WMP Museum teamJun 302 minPoacher Turned GamekeeperOn 25 July 1818, John Marsh, a 20 year old brass worker from Birmingham, was found guilty at the Warwick Summer Assizes of larceny. It wa...
WMP Museum teamJun 222 minRemembering a fallen comradeToday we remember a fallen colleague. He wasn't a full time police officer, and he didn't die during wartime. He didn't die in the line o...
WMP Museum teamJun 112 minRemembering 'Telephone Jack' and his razor gang...As an 18-year-old wounded soldier returning from the Front, John Davies came into Birmingham via train back in 1917. He thought the city ...
WMP Museum teamJun 61 minThank you volunteers!For Volunteers Week 2020 we want to say a MASSIVE thank you to all of our volunteers who have helped us to host events, supported events ...
WMP Museum teamJun 32 minLock-up updateIt is with great sadness that we have decided to cancel our remaining events and take the decision that the Lock-up will not now re-open ...
WMP Museum teamMay 241 minVG Day - Remembering Victor Green on what would have been his 100th birthdayAlbert Victor Green (Victor to his friends and family) was born on the 24th May 1920. He served 5 years with the RAF from 1940 to 1945 an...
WMP Museum teamMay 191 minMirror ImageBack in 2018, one of our officers PC Tracey Dudley thought she would surprise her Dad with an unusual Christmas present. Chris Randell ha...
WMP Museum teamMay 141 minRemembering special moments#MuseumWeek is a yearly international celebration on social media that encourages museums all over the world to take part in posting onli...
WMP Museum teamMay 81 min#VEDay2020As we celebrate 75 years since the end of the war in Europe, join with us in remembering those officers who lost their lives across the W...
WMP Museum teamMay 74 minBraving the BlitzPolicing during World War II was very challenging - as well as all the additional administrative duties officers had to deal with, the lo...
WMP Museum teamApr 302 minThe Rise of the MugshotOne of the most popular assets of the West Midlands Police Museum has to be its vast collection of police mugshots. Ranging from the 1850...
WMP Museum teamApr 291 minCompetition to win children's books⭐Competition Time!⭐ If you know a little person that is struggling with Lockdown and would enjoy having two books about Officer Panda OR ...
WMP Museum teamApr 152 minAs Lockdown continues, why not get reading?With the latest advice from the Government looking like Lockdown will continue for another few weeks at least and our May open day now be...
WMP Museum teamApr 82 minUndercover policing in the Victorian eraAt 23 years of age, in February 1889 - the year Birmingham became a city, William Suckling joined Birmingham Borough Police. Married with...
WMP Museum teamApr 21 min#DudleyPolice100Yesterday marked 100 years since the creation of Dudley Borough Police. The last borough force to be created in the West Midlands, Dudley...
WMP Museum teamMar 171 minProject update and CoronavirusYou may have seen in the press yesterday that we were successful with our recent lottery bid and the plans to convert the Lock-up into th...
WMP Museum teamMar 83 minInternational Women's Day 2020To celebrate International Women's Day this year we have chosen to tell the story of one of our pioneer policewomen from Wolverhampton. W...
Corinne Brazier and Insp Steve RiceFeb 281 minLock-up events coming upLots of events have been added to our site as we have an exciting few months coming up! Our open days and history talks have been planned...
WMP Museum teamJan 311 minEvents at the Lock-upWith less than 5 weeks to go before the National Lottery Heritage Fund decision on the funding for the Lock-up project, we have a full sc...
