The Crime Museum in Gdańsk, Museum in Gdansk, Poland
The Forensic Science Museum in Gdansk is a museum in the city center of Gdansk, Poland, dedicated to the history of policing and criminal investigation. It is housed in an old stone building with tall windows and a plain facade, and displays costumes, documents, photographs and old investigation tools.
The museum was founded to document the history of crime fighting in Gdansk and the region over several centuries. The collection continues to grow through donations from private individuals and private collections.
The museum shows how investigators worked in past centuries, and makes this history accessible to all visitors. The texts are in Polish, but the displayed objects like costumes, tools and documents speak for themselves.
A visit is best in the morning when there are fewer visitors, and it is easy to reach on foot from other city center attractions. It is a good idea to check opening hours in advance, especially during holiday periods.
The collection includes a small section with fingerprinting tools and old firearms once used by police many decades ago. These objects show how much ingenuity went into those early methods before modern technology changed the work of investigators.
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