Police Museum attracts 41,000 visitors last year

The Police Museum welcomed around 41,000 visitors in 2025 and the number is slightly fewer than in previous years, said an official press release on Monday.

A record 42,600 people visited in 2024 and around 42,000 in 2023.

In 2025, the Police Museum showed the special exhibition on Art Crime Cases and the online exhibition, "In Memoriam – Police killed in the line of duty".

“The Art Crime Cases exhibition, shown in our new gallery facility, describes Finnish art crime through 14 criminal cases. The In Memoriam online exhibition examines the history of police fatalities,” said Lauri Haavisto, the Intendant and Director of the Museum.

Among the events held at the museum, Police Day once again attracted the largest audience. The event was an opportunity for the public to admire police horses, watch a police dog show, and learn about various police vehicles.

“We also offered museum visitors a number of free guided tours, an event titled “From art fraud to cybercrime", and a series of lectures titled “Police Officers of the Year". Recording of the lectures at the events are available on the Police Museum’s YouTube channel (in Finnish)," said Haavisto.

In 2025, around 3,200 people visited the Crime Museum, which is part of the Police Museum. The Crime Museum is at the National Bureau of Investigation in Vantaa and is only open to visitor groups consisting of police personnel and stakeholders of the police.

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