Police Museum

Wan Chai & Northeast Hong Kong Island

Crime-thriller fans should make a trip to this small museum in lush Wan Chai Gap. The protagonist in this former police station is the Hong Kong police force, formed in 1844, but the real stars are the Triads (ie Hong Kong mafia). The eye-opening Triad Societies & Narcotics Gallery uncovers their secret rituals and a historical account of Kowloon Walled City. Kids will enjoy the weaponry display.

Photography is forbidden inside. If taking the bus, alight at the stop between Stubbs Rd and Peak Rd.

Contact

Address

27 Coombe Rd. The Peak

Get In Touch

852 2849 7019

https://www.police.gov.hk/ppp_en/01_about_us/pm.html

Suggest an edit to this attraction

Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Po Lin Monastery & Big Buddha
16.78 MILES
Po Lin is a huge Buddhist monastery and temple complex that was built in 1924. Today it seems more of a tourist honeypot than a religious retreat,…
Peak Tram
0.95 MILES
This cable-hauled funicular railway has been scaling the 396m ascent to the highest point on Hong Kong Island since 1888. A ride on this clanking tram is…
Victoria Peak
1.67 MILES
Standing at 552m, Victoria Peak is the highest point on Hong Kong Island. It is also one of the most visited spots by tourists, and it’s not hard to see…
Man Mo Temple
1.66 MILES
One of Hong Kong’s oldest temples and a declared monument, atmospheric Man Mo Temple is dedicated to the gods of literature (‘Man’), holding a writing…
High Island Reservoir East Dam
14.66 MILES
Handsome architecture, the South China Sea, and 140-million-year-old volcanic rocks make this one of Hong Kong's most breathtaking places. High Island…
Hong Kong Museum of History
2.42 MILES
Prepare to be whisked through millennia of Hong Kong history at this extraordinary museum, starting with prehistory (don't linger, the best is yet to come…
Lai Chi Wo
18.7 MILES
Part of Hong Kong Global Geopark, 400-year-old Lai Chi Wo is Hong Kong's best-preserved Hakka walled village and has an intact woodland. With 200 houses,…
Temple Street Night Market
2.99 MILES
When night falls and neon buzzes, Hong Kong's liveliest market rattles into life. Covering multiple city blocks from Man Ming Lane in the north to Nanking…

View more attractions

Nearby Wan Chai & Northeast Hong Kong Island attractions

1. Lovers' Rock

0.45 MILES

Lovers' Rock or Destiny’s Rock (Yan Yuen Sek) is a phallus-shaped boulder on a bluff at the end of a track above Bowen Rd. Adorned with incense and…

2. Pak Tai Temple

0.47 MILES

A short stroll up Stone Nullah Lane takes you to a majestic Taoist temple built in 1863 to honour a god of the sea, Pak Tai. The temple, the largest on…

3. Old Wan Chai Post Office

0.52 MILES

This tiny colonial-style building served as the Wan Chai post office between 1915–92. These days it's a resource centre operated by the Environmental…

4. Blue House Cluster

0.53 MILES

A rare heritage protection success story, the 1920s Blue House is one of Hong Kong's last surviving wooden tenement buildings. The graceful, four-storey…

5. Hung Shing Temple

0.54 MILES

Nestled in a nook on the southern side of Queen’s Rd East, this dark and rather forbidding temple is built atop huge boulders that used to overlook the…

6. Asia Society Hong Kong Centre

0.58 MILES

Hong Kong's Asia Society moved to these fabulous new digs in 2012, enclosing an art gallery, theatre, restaurant and gift shop all open to the public. The…

7. Southorn Playground

0.66 MILES

This unspectacular-looking sports ground is in fact the social hub of old Wan Chai, offering a cross-section of life in the hood at any time of the day…

8. Hong Kong Cemetery

0.73 MILES

Crowded and cosmopolitan, dead Hong Kong is no different from the breathing city. Tombstones jostle for space at this Christian cemetery (c 1845) located…

View more attractions