Old Police Cells Museum | Visit the historic murder scene under Brighton's town hall

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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY.

This IWD, the OPCM is celebrating by sharing 5 films made by Women’s Team volunteers. From 100 years of women’s policing in Sussex to chocolate poisonings, they explore both sides of the law.

Find out more here.

Spend a day in the cells

The police cells were condemned in 1929 and are now unearthed for your pleasure. In 1844, Chief Constable Henry Solomon was senselessly bludgeoned to death by a petty criminal before witnesses in his own office. His assailant spent a night in the subterranean cells before being tried and publicly hanged. These cells have hosted many infamous felons who have shared a night in the company of the spectres that lurk within…