HELSINKI DEACONESS INSTITUTE MUSEUM
Embark on a journey to the history of Finnish care work, Helsinki and the Deaconess Institute! The labyrinthine rooms in the old red brick building tell tales of the work of the deaconesses, who received a nurse’s training, in helping the suffering. The neatly furnished exhibition rooms depict the sisters’ studies and their later stages […]
THE HELINÄ RAUTAVAARA MUSEUM
Cultures converge in the Helinä Rautavaara Museum, which is filled with fascinating objects from around the world. The museum’s four geographic culture yards take visitors on a trip around the world. The collection includes art, ritual objects and utensils from North Africa, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and Latin America. The museum was named after […]
HINDERSBY-BÄCKBY VILLAGE FORGE
The Hindersby-Bäckby Village Forge consists of the actual smithy, farrier’s shop and tinsmithy. The smithy and its tools were used by smiths in three generations of the same family for almost a century. The smith was a very important person in an agricultural community. Without him and his forge, no agricultural work would have been possible, […]
Hanko Front Museum
The museum was built by war veterans in Lappohja, which is where the front line crossed Hanko peninsula during the war. The front line in the summer of 1941 was in the exact location where the front line museum now stands. The aim of the museum exhibitions is to deepen the knowledge of the Finnish […]
Hanko Museum
Hanko Museum arranges exhibitions that relate to the city and its history. The museum is located in a grey-stone building from 1792, the only building to remain of Hanko fort. Hanko museum collects artefacts and information about traditions linking to the history of the city, and to current ways of life. The museum was founded […]
HALOSENNIEMI MUSEUM
Through the windows of this castle of a log building, a lovely view opens of an impressive cliff and the waves on the lake. Deeply impressed by the landscape around Tuusula Lake Road, the painter Pekka Halonen saw it a fitting location for his studio home, which was completed in 1902. Pekka Halonen is known […]
HAKASALMI VILLA
Located on Mannerheimintie, this charming villa is a beautiful example of Empire style architecture. Here visitors can enjoy the temporary exhibitions. The procurator and privy councillor Carl Johan Walleen built the Hakasalmi Villa in 1843 as a combination of a city and countryside residence. A few years later, two wings and a park were added […]
Gårdskulla Agricultural Museum
Gårdskulla Agricultural Museum gives a good overview of life on a farm spanning the last hundred years. There is a particular emphasis on the development of mechanised agriculture, with over 100 tractors from 1920s – 1960s on display along with a large number of other farm machinery. An Arbor chainsaw from 1916, an Oliver Grain […]
Gillesgården
The museum and exhibitions mainly portray agricultural developments in the Pojo region. The museum consists of seven different buildings and over 3200 displayed items. The dwelling house, still set in its original building place, was the main building on a tenant holding owned by the Fiskars company. The building was acquired by Pojo local history […]
GEO EXHIBITION, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND
The exhibition by the Geological Survey of Finland takes visitors on a journey from dinosaur footprints all the way to fragments of the moon! The memorable Geo Exhibition has been created for everyone interested in the creation and evolution of the earth. The exhibition utilises modern technology to showcase raw materials found in the earth’s crust, […]