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Museum events

  • Junior Detective Trail

    Everyday, 10am - 5pm (except Christmas Day)
     

    4 years +
    FREE
    Junior Detective Trail 

    Junior Detective we need your help.

    Your mission is to find pictures of different Police teams hidden in the museum and tell us at Museum HQ how many you find. Let’s see if you can find them all.

     

     

    8 years +
    FREE
    Senior Detective Mystery

    Put your detective skills to the test with our Senior Detective Mystery: Operation: Whereabouts

    There are 5 stations, and you are officers in Police car NZPM96. Using the map of Whereabouts Park can you find what dispatch is describing. Come in and give it a go for free. We recommend this activity for individuals and groups.

     

     
     

     

     

  • Term 3 School Holiday Programmes: Scene of Crime Officer Workshop: Footwear Impression Evidence

    Monday 22 September 11am – 12pm (week 1)
    Monday 29 September 11am – 12pm (week 2)

    7 - 12 years
    $5 per child
    Bookings required

    You can identify the type of shoe from the shoe print it leaves behind. Learn how to record a shoe impression using forensic techniques. All junior recruits take home a cast of their own shoe print. Wear shoes with clear interesting soles.

    Book at museum reception.
    Phone - (04) 238 3141
    Email - museum@police.govt.nz          

    Note: Limited parking at the Museum only, you may need to park on Papakōwhai Road.

  • Term 3 School Holiday Programmes: Scene of Crime Officer Workshop: Latent Fingerprint Evidence

    Monday 22 September 1pm – 2pm (week 1)
    Thursday 25 September 11am – 12pm (week 1)
    Monday 29 September 1pm – 2pm (week 2)
    Thursday 2 October 11am – 12pm (week 2)

                       

    7 - 12 years
    $5 per child
    Bookings required

    Learn to dust, identify, and lift fingerprints like a true SOCO. Look at your own fingerprints and see what patterns you have. All junior recruits take home their own fingerprint evidence.

    Book at museum reception:
    Phone: (04) 238 3141
    Email museum@police.govt.nz

    Note: Limited parking at the Museum only, you may need to park on Papakōwhai Road.

     

  • Term 2 School Holiday Programmes: Next Level Scene of Crime Officer Workshop

    Thursday 25 September 1pm – 2pm (week 1)
    Tuesday 30 September 11am – 12pm (week 2)                        

                                
     
    13+ years
    $5 per child
    Bookings required
     

    Calling all secondary recruits. Do you know how our Scene of Crime Officers gather evidence? Use the equipment like our SOCOs and learn how they collect fingerprints at a scene. All secondary recruits take home their own fingerprint evidence.

     

    Book at museum reception:
    Phone: (04) 238 3141
    Email museum@police.govt.nz
     
    Note: Limited parking at the Museum only, you may need to park on Papakōwhai Road.
     
     
  • Term 3 School Holiday Programmes: Dive Squad
    Wednesday 24 September 11am – 12pm (week 1)                
    Wednesday 1 October 11am – 12pm  (week 2)
     
    All ages
     
    Free, bookings required. Register here on Eventfinda: 
     
    Do you know what the Dive Squad does? If you have always wondered, book in for our Dive Squad programme and come see them at the Museum.

    (Please note: guest speakers are operational and in the event of an emergency may not be able to attend)

    You may need to park on Papakōwhai Road.

     

  • Term 3 School Holiday Programmes: Craft Workshop: Pocket Police Pups
    Tuesday 23 September 11am – 12pm (week 1) 
     
    4 - 6 years
    $5 per child
    Bookings required

    Do you enjoy creating things? Come in and make dog finger puppets. Choose your dog’s name, what they will look like and take them home with you. Programme includes use of glue, patience, and fun. 

    Book at museum reception:
    Phone: (04) 238 3141
    Email museum@police.govt.nz

    Note: Limited parking at the Museum only, you may need to park on Papakōwhai Road.

  • Museum Tours

    Available everyday, 10am - 5pm
    Bookings required
    5 years+

    Museum tours are available for visiting groups and can be adapted to suit individual needs and ages. To find out more about museum tours, view the Police Museum learning and experience programme (PDF 288KB).

    Tour charges, per person:
    Children $5
    Adults $5
    Seniors $3

    To make a booking::
    P (04) 238 3141
    E Police Museum contact form