Slightly more than 15,000 people visited the National Police Museum last year. Particularly the number of school and day care groups increased. The Museum was a popular destination for school outings and the free guided tours offered during the national 'Let's go to a museum'-week proved attractive to many groups of pupils.
The numbers were affected by the water damage occurring in August, which resulted in the closure of the Museum for almost two months.
- The damage occurred at the start of the autumn season, which is the busiest time of the year, and meant for example that the special exhibition on police dogs had to be taken down prematurely. The most pleasant thing during a year characterised by misfortune was that the number of school groups increased substantially from the previous year, explains Aimo Aitasalo, the National Police Museum superintendent.
Special exhibitions will remain open until the end of January
In addition to a permanent exhibition, the National Police Museum also has a number of special exhibitions. The exhibition showing forensic photographs taken in Tampere between the 1920s and 1950s and the exhibition celebrating the 80 th anniversary of the National Traffic Police will be open until the end of January 2011.
A special exhibition on the history of the Finnish security police will open in March 2011.
The National Police Museum is open to all and the admission is free. The Museum is located in Tampere in the premises of the Police College of Finland. The Museum is open from Tuesday through Friday from 10:00 to 15:00 and on Saturdays from 12:00 to 17:00.
