LAPINJÄRVI GUITAR MANOR
The Guitar Manor presents the history of handmade Finnish guitars. The exhibition sets out to provide a realistic picture of the kinds of instruments that were used by ordinary people in the past decades. The extensive selection features acoustic instruments from lesser-known Helena guitars made in Sipoo to much-sought-after Nosos and Landola-Munkers models from Pietarsaari. […]
Lammintalo – the last home of Elias Lönnrot
Elias Lönnrot’s (1802-1884) last home, Lammi Farmstead, is located in Haarjärvi village in Sammatti, only four kilometers from Paikkari Cottage. The main building is a fascinating combination of an old smoke cabin and a 19th century upper-class home. The artefacts contained in the house are typical of the time, and some of them belonged to Elias […]
KYCKLING’S HOUSE MUSEUM
Kycklings House is the main meeting place in the area. Visitors can roam freely in the garden, enjoying the traditional perennials, roses and other flowers. The garden also includes a herb garden and a smoke sauna. There is a carpenter’s shop in one of the buildings, and the yard area also includes the Sandbacka croft, […]
KRÅKÖ BOAT-BUILDERS MUSEUM
The exhibition includes a boat under construction, familiarising visitors with the basic work stages of boat building. The exhibition illustrates how boards are bent and pressed into the right shape and what kinds of tools are used by boat builders. The walls of the exhibition space present models and photographs of boats and their builders. […]
Kovela Tractor Museum
Kovela Tractor Museum covers in detail the mechanisation of agriculture. An extensive collection of tools and machines developed to facilitate various farm duties are displayed in buildings and warehouses at Kovela Farm: There are 120 tractors, over 40 engines, 100 chain saws, mowers and combine harvesters. There is collection of carriages and sleighs in the […]
LAGSTAD SCHOOL MUSEUM
The falu red village school will entertain adults and children alike! In the classroom of Espoo’s oldest school, you can have a go at writing with a quill, learn to calculate on the abacus, or admire colourful old educational pictures. Creaking stairs lead up to the second-floor museum rooms, where the walls have been restored to […]
WÅRKULLA MUSEUM
Originally designed as the main building of a farm, the house was erected in the 1890s. Part of the building was used by the local fire brigade in 1909–1925. The building was consecrated as a prayer house in 1929, but in time it could no longer be used for this purpose. The museum was opened […]
KLAAVOLA MUSEUM
Walking in through the doors of the main building, some two hundred years old, this family farm in Tuusula comes alive. In the summer, geraniums bloom on the porch and the wood stove is burning in the kitchen. In the hall, everything is a touch more refined. The table has been set with porcelain tableware with […]
BASKETBALL MUSEUM’S EXHIBITION
The Finnish Basketball Museum is located in Kotka, South-East Finland. Besides Kotka’s main exhibition Basketball Museum has an exhibition in Myyrmäki’s Energia Areena. The exhibition presents Vilho Nuoreva, who fell in love with the game in the 1927 YMCA games in Denmark and brought the sport to Finland. In the decade after, basketball reached all corners […]
KIRVU PARISH MUSEUM
In Mäntsälä, in the granary of the church hill is the Kirvu Parish Museum, which tells the story of the parish that was lost to the Soviet Union during the Second World War. Many migrated from Kirvu to the Mäntsälä region when Finland ceded South Karelia to the Soviet Union. The museum contains a large collection […]