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Justice & Police Museum. Photograph Leo Rocker
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Step into the dark side of Sydney’s past with a visit to a historical police and court building (1856 –1888) that once imposed authority on Sydney’s unruly waterfront. Explore the building’s atmospheric interior – heavy blocks of sandstone, spiked gates, winding stairs and the corridor of cells. Encounter a spine-chilling collection of criminal weapons and a mug-shot gallery of offenders that stare defiantly back at you from the walls. In the 1890s police Charge Room you can stand before the Duty Sergeant’s desk and imagine yourself being fingerprinted.

Overlooking Circular Quay, the Justice & Police Museum examines the social history of law, policing and crime in New South Wales.

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FEMME FATALE

The Postman Always Rings Twice, 1946, Lobby card [detail] National Film and Sound Archive
Explore the contrasts between this glamorous popular culture figure and the gritty reality of life in the criminal underworld.
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THE ARCHIVE GALLERY

�English May� Smith, Special Photograph number 396, 2 June 1921, Central Police Station, Sydney
Find out more about the Justice & Police museum's photographic space and its new exhibition Crooks.
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From the Loft blog

FORENSIC PHOTOGRAPHY BLOG

Discover 'From The Loft',
a blog by the curators of the
Justice & Police Museum.

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Location: Cnr Albert and Phillip Streets, Circular Quay, Sydney, NSW 2000

Contact: 02 9252 1144

Admission:

  •  Adult $8 I
  •  Child/Concession $4 |
  •  Family $17 |
  •  Members free |

Hours: Weekdays for booked groups only, Weekends 10am – 5pm | Open daily in January and NSW School Holidays and public holidays | Closed Good Friday and Christmas Day

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