Story of Bow Street Runners to be told in new museum

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Story of Bow Street Runners to be told in new museum

A museum is opening in the cells of one of London's first police stations.

Date - 18th December 2020
By - Chloe Livadeas

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Bow Street Police Museum will tell the story, inside station cells and working rooms, of London’s first crime-fighters. It will sit inside the building previously home to Bow Street Police Station and Magistrates’ Court for over a...

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