Arresting Images: Mug Shots from the OPP Museum opens at the Guelph Civic Museum on this week.
Arresting Images features 100 historic mug shots from The OPP Museum’s permanent collection, dating from 1886 to 1908. This is the first time that these images have been offered for public display since they were originally collected by the Ontario Police, precursors of today’s OPP, at Niagara Falls.
Visitors have the opportunity to gaze into the eyes of people arrested over 100 years ago – pickpockets, confidence men, escaped fugitives, shoplifters, horse thieves and even murderers.
Also part of the travelling exhibition is a “Make your own mug shot activity program” designed to assist groups that register in advance in exploring Arresting Images. The stories of the individuals arrested, the officers who arrested them, and the period in which they lived are all part of the heritage of the OPP.
The exhibit continues at Guelph Civic Museum until Dec. 20.
Admission is $4 for adults and seniors, students and children pay $3, and families $10. Contact Guelph Museums at 519-836-1221, ext. 2774 for more information or visit guelph.ca/museum.
