Steelhouse Lane police station - 2014-03-25 - Andy Mabbett - 02

The West Midlands Police Museum'' is located in a Victorian cell block on Steelhouse Lane,

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1. ...

, England, which was operational from 1891 until 2016. One of two museums operated by the

West Midlands Police West Midlands Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. The force covers an area of with 2.93million inhabitants, which includes the cities of Birmingham, Coventry, ...

, (the other being in Coventry) The Lock-up is open to the public and for school/group visits and special events. Visit the website for more details: https://museum.west-midlands.police.uk. The museum houses comprehensive artifacts and archives of the

and its predecessors dating back to before the formation of Birmingham City Police in 1839, as well as a small collection of paintings, including a portrait of Sir Charles Horton Rafter, the longest-serving Chief Constable of Birmingham. The archives contain many records of police officers who served in the area of the present West Midlands Police and are of particular interest to genealogists. The museum re-opened in April 2022 at the Victorian listed cell block at Steelhouse Lane police station following a heritage lottery-funded refurbishment. .

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External links

Official website

Paintings held at the museum
Museums in Birmingham, West Midlands West Midlands Police Law enforcement museums in England Birmingham City Police Sparkhill Former courthouses in England {{UK-museum-stub