Reviews of Toronto Police Museum and Discovery Centre (Museum)

Léa C

(Translated) Interesting visit, not too long, it is worth a look, especially with children! (Original) Visite intéressante, pas trop longue, elle vaut le coup d'oeil, surtout avec des enfants!

Victor Silvestre

(Translated) Justito (Original) Justito

Glenn Dickler

Interesting a lot to look at some great exhibits going through the history of the Toronto police department free entry

True Adventure

Great free museum with some very interesting artifacts. Not a huge space but well laid out and good for a couple of hours. I enjoy the historical elements of the exhibits.

Ajayan Thirulingam Arunasalam

Nice friendly place and the officers here are really polite and really care about your community and your safety. Interesting artifacts and articles about our Canadian Police Force history as well.

Karine Larouche

Very nice little museum. Definitely worth it considering it's free.

Snowy Owl Travel & Entertainment Group Toronto

This museum operates on donations from the public. Despite otherwise being free, the Toronto police museum is perhaps one of the most overlooked tourist attractions in Toronto. Yet, the object of the museum (ie the Toronto Police) has played one of the most important and relevant roles in the city of Toronto’s development, modernization, and overall history. The museum itself is the perfect size; no too big so as to discourage you from reading the wealth of information provided by the museum, yet not too small so as to make it irrelevant. The whole museum can be explored in 1 hour to 1 hour or less or, for those who aren’t interested in reading the information provided in each section, can easily be completed in 20 to 30 minutes. As for the content of the museum, it features a variety of different historical artifacts that are well supported by short, concise, informative, explanatory, anecdotal, and easy to read panels. For those who can’t read English, the physical objects and photos displayed at the museum are self-explanatory and interesting to observe in and of themselves. Examples of objects on display include: life-size replicas of old Harley Davidson police motorcycles and patrol cars; life-size replicas of different Toronto police uniforms; mug shots of some of Toronto’s earliest and most infamous outlaws; replicas if and, in some cases, actual old pistols/guns; a life-size replica of an old Toronto Police station; replicas of illegal street drugs (eg LCD, cocaine, etc.); examples of forensic evidence gather on crime scenes, such as hair, fibres, dry blood, etc.; and much more.

R Aremu

A pleasant place

SAKIB

Amazing, highly informative and educational place to learn about the history of great Royal Police Force of Canada.

Connie Feria Ballesteros

(Translated) The place is very cool (Original) Esta muy padre el lugar

Char Aznable

Great little thing to pass by and see. I had gone in to talk about some stuff at work. Stopped in and looked through and it was interesting to see all the little things they have there. If your going for your police check expect long wait lines. If your with someone else take turns and see the museum it's worth the couple minutes to just go check if your there already.

PAUL RITZ

Stumbled on this while on family vacation. It was a fun spot to spend some time. Doesn't take too much time, and gives some Toronto background I would have never thought available.

Greet Gemels

Great place to spend some time with your kids. It's free entry with very reasonable gift shop prices.

Sam Davies

Came here when there was a really big homicide investigation going on and there were press everywhere. Nevertheless, the museum was amazing. It may be small but there was a lot of interesting things here.

Liyah Desher

For such a small museum (and clearly just a side project for the police department) this exhibit was very well done & engaging!

Unique Bridals

The receptions received from the officers there are superb

UK TOMO (Trip the world and Sports)

(Translated) You can visit for free. There is a baggage inspection at the entrance. (Original) 無料で見学出来る。入口で荷物検査あり。

MatiMati jurado

Excelent they even give my son a teddy bear!

Mangala Ranasinghe

It is a very good collection of old to new that teaches the history and evolution of the mountain police of Canada.

Aaron M. Putman

Historical and a good walk through time. Good selection of items. And a neat setup of an old police station. Needs some new displays as they are not up to date.

Brittany Comeau

Fun place to visit and it's free. The items on display mostly have interesting stories to go along with them and the police at the entrance were so funny and friendly. Learned a lot and had fun, definitely a good place to visit.

Jake Reid

A very different museum but is one of the best I have been to.

lawrence domingo

Helpful

Bill V

Great stuff to see!!

Dmytro Orzhekhovskyi

Nice place!

Mina Ahmadi

This place is absolutely amazing! I took two of my classes (high school students) on a field trip there and they really liked it. The musuem manager was very helpful and gave lots of great information about the history of Toronto Police. It is a very small museum, but a good collection of police history and some famous crimes. Highly recommended!

David K

A small and free museum showing the history of the police department in Toronto. Worth a visit as it's not a topic you would typically see the history of. It's definitely worth a visit if you're nearby and was one of the many things I did in Toronto.

A. Danladi Yussif

Is great to visit there

Ali Alawi

If you are looking for stuff to do in Toronto this is place you should go to, especially if you like learning and having more general knowledge. The collection is not huge, but its nicely displayed and has a lot of information to offer.

A Williams

Had me in chains

Daniel Mak

A great place to learn about the history of Police of Canada.

Outdoorsman

Recruitment was a joke in the 1990's.

Deb Heen

Wasn't open

Larissa LB

(Translated) Very intresting museum. I was surprised to see a museum which is located in the real police office. It is very interesting and informative. You can see the crimes that have marked the history of Canada with evidence that helped solve these crimes. You can read the stories of officers who lost their lives because of their work. Here too you can buy souvenirs like everywhere in the city. What is good is that tourists do not know this museum and it is not crowded. It's free and definitely worth seeing. (Original) Very intresting museum. J'etais etonnée de voir un musee qui se situe dans le vrai l'office de police. C'est trs interessant et informatif. Tupeux voir les crimes qui ont marqué l'histoire de Canada avec des preuves qui ont aidé à resoudre ces crimes. Tu peux lire les histoires des officiers qui ont perdu la vie à cause de leur travail. Ici aussi tu peux acheter des souvenirs comme partout dans la ville. Ce qui est bien c'est que les touristes ne connaisent pas ce musee et il n'y a pas beaucoup de monde. Il est gratuit et merite vraiment de le voir.

Barry Kravitz

My wife and I really enjoy visiting museums both large and small. We found what we consider a hidden gem of a museum in downtown Toronto. The Toronto Police Museum is located right in Police Headquarters on College St. This is a small museum but oh so full of the history of the Toronto Police Force from the 1800’s to the present day. We were given a tour of this facility by Norina, a fantastic guide with a deep knowledge of the workings of the Toronto Police. This museum should be seen by all tourists and residents, for the great service the Police provides us. I am giving this a huge recommendation.

Yitzchok Teicher

Was very boring and a bit small

Azhar Shaikh

Helpful staff

Penny Pennell

Very informative.

Ana Zuloaga

(Translated) Super attention and enough information about what the police in Toronto are. (Original) Súper atención y información suficiente de lo que es la policía en Toronto.

kelvin tan

You have to do a security check of your bags and a quick body scan before you enter. It's a small exhibition, but interesting and informative nevertheless. I particularly enjoyed the exhibits explaining various cases and how they were solved. Definitely worth a visit if you are in the area and have about 1hr to spare.

Wendy Alexander

Very interesting display 're Toronto police department.

Anders Neldeberg Nielsen

Nice small museum with history of the Toronto police force and exhibit of uniforms and equipment The entrance to the museum is free and you can spend 15 minutes to 1 hour there (depending on whether you would like read the descriptions or not)

Manuel Dürmaier

Smol, but very neat. Plus it's free!

Peter Jozwik

Cool place. Interesting to see policing history.

pius idaho

Their washroom was very clean

dhairya bose

History and creativity comes together at this place.

Jj Marr

It's well designed, diverse in artifacts, factually based and FREE! It provides a very good history of the Toronto police albeit during relatively inconveinent hours.

Dieter Lorenz

Museum was closed to the public and the gift shop has a nice selection of clothing. Unfortunaly their sizes only went to XL and I need a 3 XL.

abin thomas

Good experience and excellent customer service

Peace For All

Recruitment was a joke in the 1990's.