Record #: ORI1060
Last Modified: 20 Mar 2023
Last Full Update: 08 Jul 2022

Description

Description (Service) Museum services include:
  • records history of policing in Ontario
  • regularly updated exhibits
  • 100+ years of proud policing tradition and its milestones
  • explores historical accounts from early Officers
  • explores OPP driven developments in investigation and forensic science
  • showcases uniform and insignia styles
  • kids puppet show
  • OPP uniform photoshoot
Vintage vehicles displayed:
  • fully restored 1931 Henderson motorcycle (the oldest original OPP vehicle)
  • Car 1: a 1941 Chevrolet Master Deluxe Coupe cruiser
  • Temagami - the OPP's first patrol boat launched in 1949

Service Details

Hours Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4:30 pm - undergoing renovation - reopening August 2, 2022
Eligibility No restrictions to visit.

Minimum age 16 years for volunteers.
Application Drop in
Languages English; French - Reception
Fees Free Admission

Address and Location

Located In Community Orillia
Address & Map
777 Memorial Ave
Orillia, ON
Canada
 
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Intersection Hwy 12 and Memorial Ave
Physical Access Fully Accessible

Contact Information

Office Phone 705-329-6889
Fax 705-329-6618
E-Mail opp.museum@opp.ca
Website https://www.opp.ca/museum
Social Media Facebook Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ontarioprovincialpolice
Twitter Twitter: https://twitter.com/OPP_News
YouTube YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClv1guXFfJ0wudtzdcHSI_g
Primary Contact Chris Johnstone, Curator
Alternate Contact Jennifer Bennett, Executive Assistant, Friends of The OPP Museum; Phone: 705-330-4178; Email: support@oppmuseumfriends.ca
Mailing Address 777 Memorial Ave 
Orillia, ON 
Canada

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