The Galleries of Justice are located in a Grade 2* listed building complete with two authentic Victorian courtrooms, an 18th century prison with medieval
cave system and an Edwardian police station.

In creating the National Centre for Citizenship and the Law (NCCL), the Galleries effectively doubled the size of their education programme that focuses on citizenship and personal responsibility. NCCL runs at least ten projects at any time and works with over 12,000 pupils and 500 young people in the community each year.

NCCL has also created a lively educational area called the Citizens' Zone incorporating the Activity Point for artefact handling, drama, craft and art work; a civil and youth court for debates, interactive mock trials, fitted with live video recording and an editing suite; a Protest Point, with resources to stimulate debate; a Community Gallery for the local community to design its own public exhibitions; a teacher resource centre; online resources, a café and Communication Point with a suite of 6 computers. They have also fitted the original Civil Court with live video recording.

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