The Royal Malaysian Police Museum (Malay: Muzium Polis Diraja Malaysia) in Kuala Lumpur is a museum that showcases the history of the Malaysian police force and their achievements. The museum includes exhibits from the history of the Royal Malaysia Police since its origins under British colonial rule until the 1970s.
The original Royal Malaysian Police Museum was started in 1958 under the supervision of Police Training Centre (PULAPOL) in Jalan Gurney (now known as Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra) under Superintendent P.B. Gerry Waller. Its early collections exhibited the instructional materials from the Police Training Centre including weapons seized from communist and other criminals.
To accommodate the growing number of artifacts, a new museum was built at the site of the seniors' Mess at Jalan Venning (now known as Jalan Perdana) on 18 February 1993 and was operational in July 1998.
The Royal Malaysia Police Museum is divided into three galleries namely Gallery A, Gallery B and Gallery C.
Gallery A
The gallery explains how policing used to be carried out during the days of the early Malay Sultanate, for example where Temenggung performed the role of police chief and prison superintendent among his many others responsibilities. Walking through replicas of old Malacca streets, you learned about policing during the Portuguese and Dutch colonial eras before arriving at the British era where today's Royal Malaysian Police has its origin.
Gallery B
This gallery provides details on how the police during Malaya's and the Straits Settlement (Penang, Malacca, Singapore), Federated Malay States (Selangor, Perak, Pahang, Negeri Sembilan), Unfederated Malay States (Kedah, Perlis, Kelantan, Terengganu) Sabah and Sarawak. This gallery also displays the weapons used the Royal Malaysian Police, weapons seized from the communist, secret society members etc and also names of receipiens of Gallantry Awards from the Royal Malaysian Police.
Gallery C
This gallery covers the Malayan emergency and described the sacrifices and the struggle against the Communist and the success of the police's Special Branch in particular in helping to defeat that determined enemy.
Outdoor Gallery
Please do not forget to see the various types of vehicles used by the Royal Malaysian Police like bicycle, motorcycle, amoured personnel carrier, boat, aeroplane, and big guns as well as cannons.
Opening Hours
It is open daily, except Monday, from 1000 to 1800 hours, and admission is free.
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