Venues

Thames Police Museum

Thames Police Museum

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Visit by appointment

Museum or gallery in Tower Hamlets

14 artworks

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The paintings held within the Museum all relate in some way to the history of London's River Police. The most notable is the portrait of Patrick Colquhoun, the Scottish magistrate who, along with John Harriott was chiefly responsible for setting up London's Marine Police in 1798.

Wapping Police Station, Wapping High Street, Wapping, Greater London E1W 2NE England

020 8270 3587

The Museum is contained within the Metropolitan Police Marine Unit Headquarters in Wapping. Visits can be arranged by appointment only and with a minimum of seven days advance notice.

Artworks

  • Police Diver
    Police Diver Mackenzie William Moulton (b.1947)
    Thames Police Museum
  • Patrick Colquhoun (1745–1820)
    Patrick Colquhoun (1745–1820) Samuel Medley (1769–1857)
    Thames Police Museum
  • Prospect of Whitby
    Prospect of Whitby L. R. Skipper
    Thames Police Museum
  • The Police Station from the River Thames
    The Police Station from the River Thames Mackenzie William Moulton (b.1947)
    Thames Police Museum
  • St Saviour's Dock in 1902
    St Saviour's Dock in 1902 F. Haskens
    Thames Police Museum
  • 'Thames Three on Scene and Dealing'
    'Thames Three on Scene and Dealing' E. Ivermee
    Thames Police Museum
  • Ship Stranded upon the Rocks
    Ship Stranded upon the Rocks R. W. Stannard
    Thames Police Museum
  • 7 more

Artists

  • Bursting Shell
    Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (1889–1946)
  • Longboat Pullet off Barnes Police Station
    Don G. Willis
  • Joseph Warner (1717–1801)
    Samuel Medley (1769–1857)
  • Police Diver
    Mackenzie William Moulton (b.1947)
  • St Saviour's Dock in 1902
    F. Haskens
  • The 'Royalist'
    J. G.
  • Frederick Henry (1584–1647), Prince of Orange-Nassau
    unknown artist
  • Steam Launch 'Watch'
    T. Gibbs
  • Ship Stranded upon the Rocks
    R. W. Stannard
  • Prospect of Whitby
    L. R. Skipper

Venues in Tower Hamlets

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    Queen Mary, University of London
  • Queen Mary, University of London Archives
  • Royal Armouries Museum
  • Royal College of Psychiatrists
  • Royal London Hospital
  • Royal Pharmaceutical Society Museum
  • Thames Magistrates Court
  • The Fusilier Museum London
  • Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives
  • Tower of London