International Police Cap Collection

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The old station building
Part of the collection

The International Police Cap Collection ( Dutch Internationale Politiepetten Collectie ) is a permanent exhibition of uniform parts from various police forces .

The museum, which opened in 1993, is located in the village of Slochteren (municipality of Midden-Groningen ) in the province of Groningen and is on the former Woldjerspoorweg railway line between Groningen and Weiwerd in the former Slochteren railway station. The collection belongs to the district association International Police Association Groningen.

In addition to almost 1,500 different police hats from over 220 countries, police uniforms , handcuffs and police badges are on display.

The Dutch collection consists of historical hoods and helmets from the 19th century as well as current headgear . The collection includes police hats from European countries and the rest of the world.

Web links

Commons : International Police Cap  Collection - collection of images, videos and audio files

Footnotes

Coordinates: 53 ° 12 ′ 56.5 ″  N , 6 ° 48 ′ 15.1 ″  E