Toledo Police Museum
Open every Saturday from 10:00 am until 4:00 pm. Free Admission.
In 1867, Ohio legislature passed the Metropolitan Police Law which required a full time paid police force for the City of Toledo. At 8 AM on April 27, 1867, the "MP's" as they were respectfully called by the public, took charge of policing the City of Toledo.
Owney, the Postal Dog Wonder
Click here to access the Toledo Gazette story, "Owney, the Famous Postal Dog Met his Tragic Demise in Toledo" by Lou Herbert.
Click here to access various newspaper articles about Owney.
Click here to visit The National Postal Museum, where Owney is on display. The National Postal Museum is a Smithsonian Institution located in the old Post Office building next to Union Station in Washington, D.C. The Museum was created by an agreement between the Smithsonian Institution and the United States Postal Service in 1990 and opened to the public in 1993.