Past Exhibitions

2019 : 100 Years of Women Officers

This formed part of wider celebrations of the centenary of the first women officers going on the beat in February 1919, including all six hats they have worn since then.

2022-2025 : A History of the Met

This looked at the lives and experiences of Met officers and staff ever since the organisation was founded in 1829. There were special focuses on royalty for Coronation year (2023) and the Dog Training Establishment for its seventieth anniversary (2024).

2025-2026 : 150 Years of the Crime Museum

The Police Museum gallery was given over to items from the Crime Museum collection to mark the appointment of the latter's first two curators on 12 April 1875. A virtual version is still available on Bloomberg Connects.

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