The Garda Museum is a police museum located in

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, located in the Treasury Building of

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. Opened in 2017 and designed by Dara Lynne Lenehan, it covers the history of policing in the Republic of Ireland (excluding

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), including medieval

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, the Baronial Constabulary, County Constabulary, the

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, the

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and the Civic Guard/Garda Síochána. The then Commissioner

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officially opened it in December 2016, but legal disputes meant that the public could not visit until August 2017. It replaced an older museum which had been housed in the Record Tower.

References

External links

Official site

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