The museum was built in 1909 by the then Paris Police Chief. Most of the exhibits in the early stage of the museum were archives and documents, and the site of the museum was also located in the archives of the Police General Administration at that time. The police files were stolen and burned during the French Revolution, causing serious losses. At the beginning of the building, the Director-General intended to collect the missing police documents. After many years of tossing and turning, various documents and historical materials returned from all walks of life have been received, and the site of the museum is becoming narrower and narrower. In 1974, the Paris Fifth District Police Department acted bravely and freed more than 500 square meters on the second floor of the office building as an exhibition hall. The Museum moved here and officially became a Paris attraction open to the public.