Kauno policijos muziejus
Association-run museum in Kaunas showing police uniforms of officers from various countries, police work equipment and old police vehicles.
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About the museum
The Kaunas Police Museum opened on 30 September 2002 in the Naujamiestis district of Kaunas, on Gedimino Street. It was established by a civic organisation, the Kaunas sub-branch of the Lithuanian branch of the International Police Association (IPA), and is therefore also called the IPA Kaunas Branch Museum.
In 2015 the museum was reorganised into “IPA Kauno muziejus” and moved to premises of Mykolas Romeris University, at the Academy of Public Security (faculty) on Maironio Street.
The exhibition shows police uniforms and their details from various countries, caps and helmets, the restraint chair of the Kaunas sobering-up station, criminals' tools, counterfeit money, bottles of smuggled schnapps, newspapers, documents, sports trophies, medals and photographs. Inventions by detainees are also displayed, for example a syringe hidden in a bar of soap or a pocket knife built into a toothpaste tube. Officers' work equipment is also on show: old telephones, traffic batons and the first radio communication equipment. In the courtyard stand decommissioned police vehicles – a Ural motorcycle (1978) and cars produced between 1986 and 1992: GAZ, BARKAS, UAZ, VAZ and RAF.
Highlights
- Police uniforms and caps from various countries
- Restraint chair from the Kaunas sobering-up station
- Inventions of detainees and criminals' tools
- First radio communication equipment and old telephones
- Old police vehicles in the courtyard
Permanent exhibition
- Policijos muziejaus ekspozicija – Police uniforms from various countries, officers' work equipment, inventions by criminals and detainees, documents, photographs and old police vehicles in the courtyard.
- Founded
- 2002
- Operated by
- Tarptautinės policijos asociacijos Lietuvos skyriaus Kauno poskyris (IPA)
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Admission to the museum is free by prior arrangement by telephone.
Accessibility
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Kids & families
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Amenities & dining
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | Visits by prior arrangement by telephone. The museum is housed in premises of the Academy of Public Security of Mykolas Romeris University. |
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