Czech Police Museum, Police museum in Karlov, Prague, Czech Republic

The Czech Police Museum is a collection facility showcasing weapons, uniforms, and law enforcement equipment from different historical periods. The exhibits display documented cases, investigative techniques, and the evolution of policing methods through various stages of development.

The museum occupies the former Augustinian monastery at Karlov, founded in 1350 by Charles IV. After Emperor Joseph II abolished the monastery, it served as a warehouse, an infectious-disease hospital, an almshouse and a World War I convalescent centre. The Ministry of the Interior acquired the buildings in 1960 and installed an archive; museum use began in the mid-1960s.

The displays reveal how policing methods have evolved in Czech society over the decades, from past investigative approaches to current practices. Visitors can observe the tools and strategies that officers used across different eras to carry out their work.

The museum stands in the Karlov neighbourhood of Prague's New Town, on the grounds of the former Augustinian monastery, and is closed on Mondays. Exhibits occupy the monastery's cloister and upper floors, while large items such as a police Mi-2 helicopter and former police vehicles are displayed in the adjoining outdoor courtyard.

In the museum's outdoor courtyard stand large exhibits: a Mi-2 helicopter used by the Czech Police and several vehicles once operated by the Public Security or the police. The courtyard display is easy to miss if visitors stay inside the former monastery's cloister.