OTD Robert Peel was born at Chamber Hall, Bury in 1788. He served as Prime Minister and Home Secretary and is considered the father of modern British policing, having steered through a bill through parliament to set up the Metropolitan Police. #Lancashire #PoliceHistory

* Museum closure * We will be closed on Friday 24 January due to the amber weather warning for Lancashire. Stay safe everyone.

Jackie Howard on Princess at our @LancsPolice Hutton HQ in 1986. Jackie was a pioneer, being one of the first two female officers on the Mounted Branch (with Leslie Shanley) in the 1970s. Today it's quite different with 11 women officers and 7 men in our Mounted Unit.

Love this notice for a "Gent's Bicycle" from 1911, presumed stolen at Waterloo (Merseyside). It's no longer part of Lancashire Constabulary's area. At different times, Lancashire Constabulary has stretched out to Barrow-in-Furness, Ashton-under-Lyne and Rochdale.

*Christmas opening hours* Lancashire Police Museum We're OPEN on 19 & 20 December We're CLOSED on 26 & 27 December OPEN on 2 & 3 January 2025 10.30 - 12.30 & 1.30 to 4pm Free admission 👮🏾 🎄

And our Christmas quiz is now up and running! We're open throughout December up to and including Friday 20 December. We're open specially on the 2nd and 3rd January 2025 from 10.30 to 12.30 and 1.30 to 4pm. Free admission. 🎄 👮🏾

We are very grateful for a donation in the memory of Dr Guy Woolnough which has enabled us to buy floor cushions for school visits. The Cathedral Catholic Primary School were trying them out and finding out about roles in policing today.

Visit the wonderful Lancaster Castle and Lancashire Police Museum. We're based in an atmospheric former prison that only closed 13 years ago. Learn more about Lancashire's policing past and present, notorious cases and how we solved them. Free entry. 👮🏾 🌹 #LancashireDay

RT @MarketingLancs: Happy #LancashireDay to @LanConMuseum, @SamlesburyHall and @LSASpitfire, finalists of the Small Visitor Attraction of t…

We're celebrating Lancashire Day (on 27 Nov) by having a fun and free quiz at the museum. Find the red roses and glitter balls. Hope you can join us. We're open in A wing at Lancaster Castle on Thursdays and Fridays from 10.30 to 12.30 and 1.30 to 4pm. 🌹 #LancashireDay

@BBC were filming @LanConMuseum today to publicise the search for family of Isabella Ruxton & Mary Rogerson, murdered by Buck Ruxton in 1935. Edinburgh University recently found their skulls and would like to trace relatives. We look at this case here.

Lovely misty photo of Lancaster Castle taken this week by one of our volunteers. We're open on Thursdays and Fridays from 10.30 to 12.30 and 1.30 to 4pm. Free admission! Learn more about Lancashire Police's fascinating past and present.

Action was taken in the 1930s to improve accidents on the roads due to poor driving. First, 92 vehicles, 50 motorbikes & 300 men were employed on the roads. @LancsPolic created a new dept. to give advice to schoolchildren. Accidents reduced by 44%. #technology #Museum30

#Museum30 The uniform for @LancsPolice was green when it was set up in 1839. The uniform was described as "Uniform Dark Green, with White Embroidery and Buttons". We have a fantastic photo of the centenary celebrations for @LancsPolice in recreations of the 1839 uniforms.

It's Halloween at Lancashire Police Museum! You can have a go at our spooky quiz tomorrow too. Come and join us! Open from 10.30 to 12.30 and 1.30 to 4pm on Thursdays and Fridays.

Come and join us this half term and have a go at our FREE Halloween quiz. 🕷️ We're open from 10.30 to 12.30 and 1.30 to 4pm on Thursdays and Fridays. We're based in the A wing at Lancaster Castle. Free entry

Excellent trip for @LanConMuseum volunteers to Shrewsbury Prison. We loved the displays that looked like the prison had just closed yesterday. As a museum also in a former prison it was fascinating. Big thanks to @MusDevNorth for funding this trip.

Another great half term at the museum with some fantastic and scary witches, zombies and police officers. Thanks for visiting and taking part! PCSO Tyler was also on hand to answer all sorts of questions. #Lancashire #halfterm #FreeEvent

Today on Anti Slavery Day we remember the 23 victims and the survivors of the Morecambe Bay cockling tragedy in 2004. We look at the @LancsPolice investigation in our Op Lund display at the museum and the aftermath with changes in legislation to protect vulnerable people.

RT @LancsResilience: We are proud to have teamed up with @ElectricityNW @CadentGasLtd and @unitedutilities to support and promote the Prior…