Explore the Depths of Justice
National Crime & Justice Museum
Step into the past and experience the gripping tales of Australia’s criminal history at the National Crime and Justice Museum.
Experience History Come Alive
Stories, Secrets & Special Events
Discover, Explore, Experience
From comedy to live music and special talks — experience something new behind the walls.
From Classroom to Hostage Crisis – The Wooreen School Kidnapping
On just his ninth day as a teacher, Rob Hunter’s life changed forever. Armed and unpredictable, Edwin John Eastwood stormed into the tiny remote
Outlaw on Screen: Ned Kelly in Film & Television
In 1906, The Story of the Kelly Gang made cinematic history as the world’s first feature film—bringing Australia’s most controversial outlaw from the gallows
In her words at Geelong Gaol
Before Deb takes the show to Adelaide, she will be doing one performance in her home space at the Geelong Gaol. Join Deb for
Christmas Gift Vouchers
If you are looking for a last minute Christmas gift idea for that hard to buy for family member or that someone who has
Discover Our Legacy
The National Crime and Justice Museum stands as a testament to Australia’s rich and complex history of crime and justice. Located in Victoria’s longest-running colonial gaol, the museum offers a unique glimpse into the lives of those who lived and worked within its walls.
Through immersive exhibits and authentic artifacts, visitors can explore the evolution of law enforcement, the penal system, and the stories of infamous criminals and lawmen who shaped the nation. Our mission is to educate and engage the public in understanding the societal impacts of crime and justice throughout Australia’s history.
Tours at the National Crime & Justice Museum
Extended Paranormal Investigation
Do you dare spend four hours in a place where the dead never left? Step inside the Old Geelong Gaol — built in 1853 to confine convicts, murderers, and the darkest souls of colonial
Werribee Park Paranormal Investigation – The Haunted Chirnside Homestead
Ghosts don’t just linger in old prisons… Some remain where wealth, power, and tragedy once walked hand-in-hand. Hidden behind the grand Werribee Mansion lies its forgotten ancestor — the original Chirnside homestead. Tucked beneath
Paranormal Investigation Tour
The lights go off. The doors lock behind you. The spirits awaken. Step into the Old Geelong Gaol — a chilling, three-storey bluestone fortress once feared as “The Prison of the Ill.” For over
Ghost Tour – After Dark at the Old Geelong Gaol
When the sun sets over Geelong, the real inmates wake… Step through the iron gates of this towering bluestone fortress and follow our guides into the darkness, where convicts, murderers, and the “criminally insane”
Locked up with History Tour
For 170 years, the Old Geelong Gaol has loomed over the city — its thick bluestone walls a silent witness to punishment, despair, and the ultimate search for redemption. Inside these chilling corridors, thousands
Breakouts & Bold Escapes Tour
Every cell has a secret. Every wall has a story. And every prisoner at the Old Geelong Gaol had one dream: escape. Since its opening in 1853, this towering bluestone fortress has held 100s
Museum Highlights
Historic Gaol Tours
Infamous Criminals Exhibit
Crime and Punishment Artifacts
Law Enforcement History Gallery
Prisoner Stories and Memoirs
Victorian Era Justice System
Notorious Escape Attempts
Women in Crime
Juvenile Justice Evolution
Capital Punishment in Australia
Rehabilitation and Reform
Special Exhibitions and Events
Ticket Prices
Opening in 1853, the Geelong Gaol is one of Australia’s most intact 19th-century convict prisons.
For 138 years it was a place of incarceration for men, women and children from all walks of life serving sentences imposed by the law of Geelong. Over its history, it has been a maximum security prison, a girls’ school, a hospital gaol and a detention barracks.
Today the Geelong Goal Museum is open to the public to view the brutal conditions prisoners endured and with exhibitions on a variety of prison and correctional history.
Adults
$20.00
Concession
$18.00
Children
(16 years and under)
$12.00
Companion Card Holders
Free
Opening Times
Now open every day!
12:00pm - 5:00pm
Please note: Last entry at 4:15pm
Other times by prior arrangement or bookings
Acknowledgement of Country
We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the country on which the Geelong Gaol sits, the Wauthorong people of the Kulin nation, and pay respect to the Elders past, present and emerging.