VANTAA CITY MUSEUM
You can take a trip to Vantaa’s past right from the old Tikkurila Station. The cozy building is home to Vantaa City Museum’s temporary exhibitions whose subjects cover the region’s history for 10 000 years. In the course of years, there have been exhibitions on, among other things, suburban rock’n’roll, sexual minorities, crime, and […]
VALLILA ALLOTMENT GARDEN MUSEUM
Experience the summer idyll of one of Finland’s smallest museums! Step into the tiny cottage where a coffee grinder, Primus stove, storm lantern and many other items tell of life lived decades ago. The Vallila Allotment Garden Museum familiarises visitors with working-class summer life in Helsinki in the 1930s, when the allotment was established. The […]
URHO KEKKONEN MUSEUM TAMMINIEMI
Enjoy a glimpse of life in the 1970s and learn about Finland’s post-war history at Tamminiemi Villa, a beautiful park estate that was President Urho Kekkonen’s official residence during his term in office. Recently reopened after an extensive renovation project that took two and a half years, Tamminiemi Villa features 1970s interiors, conserved using state-of-the-art […]
WORKER HOUSING MUSEUM
In Alppila, at the foot of Linnanmäki Amusement Park, is the Worker Housing Museum featuring small stove rooms depicting the history of everyday life of the working-class Helsinki. The masonry stoves, washing commodes and retractable beds showcase the lives of worker families in the 20th century. The museum operates in one of the oldest wooden houses […]
Tytyri Mine Museum
The Mine Museum in central Lohja takes visitors for a guided tour in a genuine mine at a depth of 80 meters. The tour includes the exhibition ”Stone Life”, which describes mining in Lohja, past and present. Visitors can also step to the edge of the over 100 meters wide and 100 meters deep underground […]
TUUSULA WORKERS’ HOME MUSEUM
The Workers’ Home Museum offers a peek into the world of traditional workers. The museum features the homes of two craftsmen, a cobbler and a carpenter. Old professions are brought back to life with tools from the early 20th century and information on their use. The disarmingly small homes were where people lived and worked. As […]
THE CUSTOMS MUSEUM
Join the smugglers and bootleggers at the old Suomenlinna barracks! To accomplish your mission, investigate the leads, such as spirits cans left behind by smugglers, snake skin shoes and numerous other genuine confiscated items. Showcasing real forgeries confiscated by the Customs, the exhibition covers not only customs crime but also information related to consumer protection, dog […]
Tenala Homestead Museum
The museum incorporates seven buildings: A residential dwelling (1850), an old barn, a storage shed, a storage building with a loft, a smithy, a drying barn and the old village grain store (ca 1790). The dwelling contains a living room and a chamber interior from the late 19th century, and a great hall where themed […]
The Cannons at Torp
A short distance from the centre of Ingå, The Cannons at Torp displays its collections of different types of cannons and artillery guns, transport and army vehicles, rifles, uniforms and other war paraphernalia. The museum area contains anti-tank, anti-aircraft, infantry-support and naval artillery, heavy machine guns and mines but also, for example, a Russian MI-8 […]
MUSEUM OF TECHNOLOGY
The Museum of Technology, located in Helsinki’s Vanhankaupunginkoski in the Arabia district, describes the development of technology and industry in Finland. The memorable exhibition represents the story of how an agrarian society became a leading developer of high technology in the global marketplace. The largest technical specialist museum in Finland provides visitors with a view […]