Tayside Police Museum Kirriemuir

15/10/2026

Hello everyone. Well it’s that time of year again, so here is the usual short message to let you all know that the Police Museum will close for the 2026 season on Saturday 17th October.

Despite some challenges, the museum has had another successful year. We have given guided tours to hundreds of visitors, and we extend our thanks to the many of them who left fantastic reviews on TripAdvisor and Google, and also for some very generous donations. Our best day was the Kirriemuir Festival when we hosted dozens of local residents. We really hope that this will become an annual event!

We will open again next year around Easter time, but as always during this 'closed' period, we will be happy to facilitate group visits whenever we are able. Any group interested in doing so can message us using a contact form on our website.

Once again, we were fortunate to have recruited another volunteer during 2026, and we hope that more of you might be able to help out next year. No formal training is necessary, and it can be as little as a few hours a month every now and again.

The image of the police cars in this post shows 2 of the vehicles in a collection exhibited by one of our fellow museum colleagues in Scotland.

Best wishes to all from the volunteers and hopefully see you all again in 2027! 🙂

01/10/2026

Last minute substitution!

We will manage to open the police museum today (Thursday 1st only) after all 🙂

We have some wonderful volunteers!

01/10/2026

Once again we give our sincerest apologies to potential visitors as we do not have volunteers to open either today, Thursday 1st October or Saturday the 3rd.

We can open tomorrow and it looks as if things will return to normal next week from Thursday 8th.

Apologies for the short notice!

31/05/2026

Just wanted to say a huge thank you to the 151 people who visited our little museum yesterday.

It was an absolute pleasure to welcome so many of you to have a look round, and we were particularly pleased at the number of local residents 🙂

Thank you also to the organisers and helpers who made the day possible. Your enthusiasm and support made for a great day, and if you ever hold another of these events the volunteers at the Police Museum will be fully supportive!

And finally, one of our youngest visitors left his Toy Story jacket with us. If Mum and Dad message us we will make arrangements to have it returned. Thanks again to everyone involved, and looking forward to the next one!

18/03/2026

We are pleased to announce that Tayside Police Museum will open for the 2026 season on Thursday 26th March, a little earlier this year so as to include the Easter holidays.

We open on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 11am until 3pm, but would ask anyone planning to visit to arrive before 2.30 so as to get sufficient time to appreciate the many items on display and even an opportunity to dress up in one of the many uniforms we have!

Located on the ground floor of Kirriemuir Police Station at 15 Reform Street, the museum is owned by Police Scotland, and operated by a small group of enthusiastic volunteers composed mainly of retired Police officers and members of the Kirriemuir Heritage Trust.

Our aim is to preserve and share the heritage and history of policing in all of the areas that now comprise the Tayside region, Dundee City, Angus, and Perth & Kinross.

Please see our reviews on Tripadvisor to get an idea of what you can look forward to when taking a tour of our museum. See you soon!

01/09/2025

Hello everyone. Well it’s that time of year again, so here is the usual short message to let you all know that the Police Museum will close for the 2025 season on Saturday 27th September. Regular followers of our page will be aware that this is a bit earlier than some previous years, and is a consequence of a shortage of volunteer availability during October.

Despite some challenges, the museum has had another successful year, the volunteers having given guided tours to hundreds of visitors, and we extend our heartfelt thanks to the many of them who left fantastic reviews on TripAdvisor and Google, and also for their donations of course.

We will open again next year around Easter time, but as always during this 'closed' period, are happy to facilitate group visits whenever we are able. Any group interested in doing so can contact us using a contact form on our website.

Although we were very fortunate to have recruited another volunteer during 2025, we hope that more of you might be able to help out next year. No formal training is required, and can be as little as a few hours a month every now and then.

Best wishes to all from the volunteers and see you in 2026! 🙂

19/05/2024

19/03/2024

Hi everyone!

Tayside Police Museum Kirriemuir will open for the 2024 season on Monday 25th March at 11am.

We are opening a few days earlier than usual in support of the ‘My Angus’ initiative, which is taking place to highlight some of the many fantastic attractions and activities available in the county! So why not come along and see us on any day of the My Angus week through to Saturday 30th March.

We will thereafter open every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, from 11am until 3pm each day, although we do ask visitors to arrive no later than 2.30 so as to give us a decent amount of time to give them a great tour.

We hope to stay open throughout the summer, and well into the autumn. However, as with most organisations run solely by volunteers it is sometimes difficult to achieve this, so we do ask any prospective visitors to contact us first to ensure that we're open. And if the flags are out, we are!

We look forward to seeing you

09/09/2021

Tayside Police Museum is pleased to announce that "The Airlie Bobby", a collection of memories of Dave Grimmond, an Angus Bobby from 1950 to 1975 in Carnoustie, Airlie, Kirriemuir, and the surrounding areas, is now available.

Copies of "The Airlie Bobby" can be obtained in person from Kirrie Connections, 29 Roods, Kirriemuir, at a cost of £5 per copy. Please e mail [email protected] to arrange a time for collection.

Alternatively, copies can be obtained by sending a cheque for £8.40 (UK only), made out to Robin Grimmond, c/o Kirrie Connections, 29 Roods, Kirriemuir DD8 4HN.

If anyone outwith the UK would like a copy, please email Robin at [email protected] and he will advise of postage costs.

All proceeds go to Kirrie Connections, a dementia friendly hub.

09/09/2021

It was with much regret that we can confirm that Tayside Police Museum Kirriemuir will not be open to visitors for the remainder of 2021. There are several reasons for this and it is not just as a consequence of the pandemic.

Our hope is to open the museum at the Easter Weekend in 2022, but we will have to recruit a few more volunteers in order to match the hours of opening that we achieved from 2016 onwards. No specialist knowledge or training is needed, neither is it a requirement that you are a retired police officer, and it need not be a significant time commitment. Just a few hours a month from April through to September. So if you are in a position to help us open again, just message the museum page. Thank you

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