Ontario Provincial Police

Service: OPP Museum, Orillia - Memorial

Record #: ORI1060
Last Modified: 27 Nov 2023
Last Full Update: 21 Jul 2023

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 9 am-4 pm
Eligibility
  • No restrictions to visit
  • 16 years and older to volunteer
    		•
    Application Drop in
    Languages English; French - Reception
    Fees None - Free Admission

    Address and Location

    Located In Community Orillia
    Address & Map
    777 Memorial Ave
    Orillia, ON
    Canada L3V 6H1
    Intersection Hwy 12 and Memorial Ave
    Physical Access Fully Accessible

    Contact Information

    Office Phone 705-329-6889
    Fax 705-329-6618
    E-Mail support@oppmuseumfriends.ca
    Website https://www.opp.ca/museum
    Social Media Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ontarioprovincialpolice 
    X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/OPP_News 
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClv1guXFfJ0wudtzdcHSI_g
    Primary Contact Chris Johnstone, Curator; Email: opp.museum@opp.ca
    Mailing Address 777 Memorial Ave 
    Orillia, ON 
    Canada

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    Ontario Provincial Police
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    Locations for this Service

    1 Location(s) for this Service
    Orillia - Memorial
    777 Memorial Ave
    Orillia, ON
    Canada L3V 6H1
     
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