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- This interesting museum opened in 1993 and offers a colorful history of the Phoenix Police Department. Learn more about Tom Barnum, Maricopa County's first sheriff whose losing opponents ended their career with a shootout prior to the election. Located in downtown Phoenix, exhibits may be viewed and include recreations of old jail cells from the 19th and 20th centuries as well as a Model-T police car from 1919. Bring the kids; they can play "cops" and try on old police uniforms. Open three days a week, admission is free.
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Contact:
- visit website
- tel: +1 602 534 7278
Address:
- 101 South Central Avenue
- (suite100; southeast corner of Central Avenue & Jefferson, in the Barrister Place Building)
- Phoenix, AZ 85004
Hours:
- 9a-3p M, W, F; closed holidays
Strenuousness:
- No Sweat
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