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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…
PORVOO MUSEUM, OLD TOWN HALL
One of the two remaining 18th century town halls in Finland, the Old Town Hall was built in 1762–1764. The Town Hall once housed the town administration, register office, town council and guardians of the law. Museum operations were started in the building in 1896 by the Porvoo Museum Association. The Old Town Hall is…
LOVIISA TOWN MUSEUM
Spread across three floors, the permanent exhibitions in the Commandant’s House are annually supplemented with several special exhibitions. The artefacts date mainly from the 18th and 19th centuries, and most of the Gustavian furniture and the pewter and silver objects were produced locally. The collection is augmented by two workshops with goldsmith and pewter foundry…
Lohja Museum
Lohja Museum is located in the historically important vicarage area (Iso-Pappila), close to the medieval church. The park-like museum area comprises eleven buildings. The permanent exhibitions describing living conditions in different parts of the society in the Lohja area have been set up in these buildings. The exhibitions consist of interiors from the end of…
KAMU ESPOO CITY MUSEUM
The exhibition at the WeeGee building takes visitors on a trip from prehistoric times to modern Espoo. A Trip Through Time in Espoo tells the story of how a small rural community grew into a major coastal city in the Uusimaa region. The exhibition moves from prehistoric abodes discovered in Espoo to the Middle Ages…
THE HYVINKÄÄ CITY MUSEUM (VALVILLA WOOL MILL MUSEUM)
The Valvilla Wool Mill Museum is situated in the parklike inner courtyard of the Hyvinkää Wool Mill. The former fire equipment storehouse reveals how wool was transformed into fabric and yarn. The machinery, products made in the wool spinning mill and photographs depicting the working life and workers in the factory halls all ooze nostalgia. The…
HELSINKI CITY MUSEUM
First exhibitions of the new Helsinki City Museum, opening near the Senate Square in 13 May 2016, has been published. In May, the internationally renowned Museum of Broken Relationships will be exhibited for the first time in Finland. The new museum will also showcase Helsinki Bites, an updated Children’s Town, as well as journeys to…
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…
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…