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There are fears for the future of one of London’s “unique” museums after it failed to reopen more than a year after closing for the pandemic.
The City of London Police Museum is home to a huge collection of exhibits from the capital’s history, from the Blitz to Jack the Ripper, and also sheds light on the modern-day force and its work on fraud and terrorism.
Once based in the now sold Wood Street Police Station, the force’s collection includes the Olympic gold medal won by its tug-of-war team in 1920, uniforms and equipment.
It opened in the new purpose-built museum, owned by the City Corporation, at Guildhall in 2016 with £90,000 of lottery funding helping to pay for it.
The City of London Police Museum is home to a huge collection of exhibits from the capital’s history, from the Blitz to Jack the Ripper, and also sheds light on the modern-day force and its work on fraud and terrorism.
Once based in the now sold Wood Street Police Station, the force’s collection includes the Olympic gold medal won by its tug-of-war team in 1920, uniforms and equipment.
It opened in the new purpose-built museum, owned by the City Corporation, at Guildhall in 2016 with £90,000 of lottery funding helping to pay for it.
