List of jail and prison museums

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Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Museums have been created from many former jails and prisons.

Some old jails converted into museums are listed under the original name of the jail, especially if listed on the US National Registry of Historic Places. For example, see Old St. Johns County Jail in St Augustine, Florida.

Museums with a main purpose not associated with the jail or prison in which they are located are listed separately, below the main list.

To use the sortable table, click on the icons at the top of each column to sort that column in alphabetical order; click again for reverse alphabetical order.

Name	Location	State/Province	Country	Jail/ Prison	Notes
1811 Lincoln County Museum & Old Jail	Wiscasset	Maine	United States	Jail
Alcatraz Island	San Francisco Bay Area	California	United States	Prison
Beaumaris Gaol	Beaumaris	Anglesey, Wales	United Kingdom	Jail
Carthage Jail	Carthage	Illinois	United States	Jail	location of the death of Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of Mormonism
Clink, The	London	London Borough of Southwark	United Kingdom	Prison
Crumlin Road (HM Prison)	Belfast	Northern Ireland	United Kingdom	Prison
Daviess County Rotary Jail and Sheriff's Residence	Gallatin	Missouri	United States	Jail	Rotary Jail
Eastern State Penitentiary	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	United States	Prison
Eden Camp Museum	Malton	North Yorkshire	United Kingdom	Prison
Galleries of Justice	Nottingham	Nottinghamshire	United Kingdom	Jail and Prison
Hexham Old Gaol	Hexham	Northumberland	United Kingdom	Prison
Jail Museum (Truckee, California)	Truckee	California	United States	Jail
Kilmainham Gaol	Dublin	Dublin Region	Ireland	Prison
Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery	Beloozero	Vologda Oblast	Russia	Prison
Kosciusko County Jail Museum	Warsaw	Indiana	United States	Jail
Liberty Jail	Liberty	Missouri	United States	Jail	Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of Mormonism and associates were imprisoned there in 1838-1839 during the Mormon War.
Lubyanka (KGB)	Moscow		Russia	Prison	On Lubyanka Square
Mills County Old Jail Museum	Goldwaite	Texas	United States	Jail
Montgomery County Jail and Sheriff's Residence	Crawfordsville	Indiana	United States	Jail	Rotary Jail
Moore County Old Jail Museum	Lynchburg	Tennessee	United States	Jail
Museo de Tradiciones y Leyendas	León	León Department	Nicaragua	Jail
Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec	Quebec City	Quebec	Canada	Prison	Mostly an art museum
Norwegian POW Museum	Ostrzeszów	Greater Poland Voivodeship also known as Wielkopolska Province	Poland	Prison	World War II POW camp
Ohio State Reformatory	Mansfield	Ohio	United States	Prison
Hamilton County Historical Museum in the Old Hamilton County Jail	Jasper	Florida	United States	Jail	Web page
Old County Jail and Museum (Tolland, Connecticut)	Tolland	Connecticut	United States	Jail
Old Idaho State Penitentiary	Boise	Idaho	United States	Prison
Old Jail Museum (Albion, Indiana)	Albion	Indiana	United States	Jail
Old Jail Museum (Allegan, Michigan)	Allegan	Michigan	United States	Jail
Old Jail Museum (Barnesville, Georgia)	Barnesville	Georgia	United States	Jail
Old Jail Museum (Canton, Mississippi)	Canton	Mississippi	United States	Jail
Old Jail Museum (Crawfordsville, Indiana)	Crawfordsville	Indiana	United States	Jail
Old Jail Museum {Dubuque, Indiana) in the former Dubuque County Jail	Dubuque	Iowa	United States	Jail
Old Jail Museum (Gonzales, Texas)	Gonzales	Texas	United States	Jail
Old Jail Museum (Goochland, Virginia)	Goochland	Virginia	United States	Jail
Old Jail Museum (Greenwood, Arkansas)	Greenwood	Arkansas	United States	Jail
Old Jail Museum (Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania)	Jim Thorpe	Pennsylvania	United States	Jail
Old Jail Museum (Knoxville, Georgia)	Knoxville	Georgia	United States	Jail
Old Jail Museum (Lawrenceburg, Tennessee)	Lawrenceburg	Tennessee	United States	Jail
Old Jail Museum (Taylorsville, North Carolina)	Taylorsville	North Carolina	United States	Jail
Old Jail Museum (Thompson Falls, Montana)	Thompson	Montana	United States	Jail
Old Jail Museum (Smethport, Pennsylvania)	Smethport	Pennsylvania	United States	Jail
Old Jail Museum (Silverton, Texas)	Silverton	Texas	United States	Jail
Old Jail Museum (St. Augustine, Florida) in the Old St. Johns County Jail	St. Augustine	Florida	United States	Jail
Old Jail Museum (Valparaiso, Indiana)	Valparaiso	Indiana	United States	Jail
Old Jail Museum (Warrenton, Virginia)	Warrenton	Virginia	United States	Jail
Old Jail Museum (Winchester, Tennessee)	Winchester	Tennessee	United States	Jail
Old Newgate Prison	East Granby	Connecticut	United States	Prison	Former mine/Colonial prison; also spelled "Old New-Gate Prison"
Old Prison Museum (Deer Lodge, Montana)	Deer Lodge	Montana	United States	Prison
Peter and Paul Fortress	St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg	Russia	Prison
Pied-du-Courant Prison	Montreal	Quebec	Canada	Prison
Pottawattamie County Jail	Council Bluffs	Iowa	United States	Jail	Rotary Jail
Richard III Museum	York	North Yorkshire	United Kingdom	Prison	Primarily about Richard III, the museum also has a working portcullis, a medieval execution chamber, and a small prison cell
Robben Island Museum	Robben Island	Western Cape	South Africa	Prison
Sabine County Jail Museum and Vergie Speights Memorial Library	Hemphill	Texas	United States	Jail
Solovetsky Monastery	Solovetsky Islands		Russia
Texas Prison Museum	Hunsville	Texas	United States	Prison
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum	Phnom Penh		Cambodia	Prison
Wilson County Jailhouse Museum	Floresville	Texas	United States	Jail
Yuma Territorial Prison	Yuma	Arizona	United States	Prison