Vancouver Police Museum
The Vancouver Police Museum & Archives opened to commemorate the centennial of the Vancouver Police Department and the City of Vancouver, British Columbia in 1986.Photo: Bobanny, Public domain.
- Opening hours:
Thursday—Saturday: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
Sunday: noon—5:00 PM
public holidays: closed - Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Address: 240 East Cordova Street
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Firehall Arts Centre and St. James Anglican Church.
Firehall Arts Centre
Arts center
The Firehall Arts Centre is an arts centre in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The building also falls within the borders of Gastown.
St. James Anglican Church
Church
Photo: Bobanny, Public domain.
St. James' Anglican Church is a unique church building in the Diocese of New Westminster of the Anglican Church of Canada located at the north-east corner of East Cordova Street and Gore Avenue in the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada's Downtown Eastside district of the Strathcona neighbourhood.
BC Place
Stadium
Photo: Yvrphoto, CC BY-SA 3.0.
BC Place is a multi-purpose stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Located at the north side of False Creek, it is owned and operated by the BC Pavilion Corporation, a Crown corporation of the province. BC Place is situated 1¼ km southwest of Vancouver Police Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downtown Eastside and Japantown.
Downtown Eastside
Neighborhood
Photo: Bobanny, Public domain.
The Downtown Eastside is a neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. One of the city's oldest neighbourhoods, the DTES is the site of a complex set of social issues, including disproportionately high levels of drug use, homelessness, poverty, crime, mental illness and sex work.
Japantown
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Japantown, Little Tokyo or Paueru-gai is an old neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, located east of Gastown and north of Chinatown, that once had a concentration of Japanese immigrants.
Chinatown
Neighborhood
Photo: MRDXII, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chinatown is a neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, and is Canada's largest Chinatown. Centred around Pender Street, it is surrounded by Gastown to the north, the Downtown financial and central business districts to the west, the Georgia Viaduct and…
Vancouver Police Museum
- Categories: police museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Vancouver, Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.28208° or 49° 16′ 56″ northLongitude
-123.09819° or 123° 5′ 54″ westInception
1986Operator
Vancouver Police Historical SocietyOpen location code
84XR7WJ2+RPOpenStreetMap ID
node 2147184803OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q2510009
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Vancouver Police Museum” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “溫哥華警察博物館”
- German: “Vancouver Police Centennial Museum”
- Spanish: “Museo de la Policia de Vancouver”
- Spanish: “Museo de la Policía de Vancouver”
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Highlights include Coroner’s Court and Firehall Number 1.
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