The museum contains prison cells and exhibits various police and law and order related items.

[3] By 1703, witchcraft was no longer a crime, but by then many of the 45 women and 2 men accused of it in the area had been executed.

[3] In the 18th century, Aberdeen merchants and magistrates imprisoned many local children in the tolbooth and other buildings around the city before transporting them to America to work as slaves.

[7] A paranormal investigation team visited the building as part of the Most Haunted TV series in April 2009: the episode aired in December 2009.

[10] There is a cell known as the Jacobite cell where visitors can experience an interactive model of Willie Baird, a prisoner in 1746, sitting next to his Jacobite compatriots, James Innes and Alexander Annand, and telling visitors about his life, while they await trial and sentencing.