Discover Finnish Museums!
Search for museums, exhibitions, events and cultural routes all over Finland. Find the best holiday ideas and spontaneous everyday activities.
Search for museums, exhibitions, events and cultural routes all over Finland. Find the best holiday ideas and spontaneous everyday activities.
The Museum Card allows you to visit magnificent museums.
Please note, that the museums are updating their sites at museot.fi, and some of the information can only be found in Finnish.
Aboa Vetus Ars Nova is a museum of archeology and contemporary art situated in Turku. The museum includes a unique setting of a ruined medieval quarter of Turku.
Turku
Ahola exhibits the life of two artists, painter Venny Soldan-Brofeld and her husband Juhani Aho, first Finnish professional novelist who wrote his work in Finnish.
Järvenpää
The Alikartano estate was founded in 1608. In 1709-1912 it belonged to the Nordenskiöld family.
Mäntsälä
Alvar Aalto´s Villa Kokkonen is a unique masterpiece which creates a harmony between nature, human being, building art and music. Entrance, guidad tour and mini concert 13 € / person or with a museum card.
Järvenpää
Enjoy the nature and atmosphere of the archipelago at an old fisherman’s estate on Pentala Island in Espoonlahti Bay.
Espoo
Art and Museum Centre Sinkka is home to Kerava Museum and Kerava Art Museum.
Kerava
The home museum of Lauri and Maria Reitz displays important works from the history of Finnish art as well as an unique collection of antique Finnish silver.
Helsinki
Design Museum Iittala presents the history of the Iittala glass factory.
Hämeenlinna
Emil Cedercreutz Museum by the beautiful Kokemäenjoki river combines art and cultural history.
Harjavalta
A presentation of Finnish aviation history from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day.
Jyväskylä
The Finnish Aviation Museum is an exciting visiting destination for the whole family, located in the heart of the Aviapolis area in Vantaa.
Vantaa
Sarka is the national museum of agriculture.
Loimaa
Finnish railway history in 19th century station milieu
Hyvinkää
Forestry Museum of Lapland - a unique stage for history.
Rovaniemi
The museum´s changing exhibitions present the art of Akseli Gallen-Kallela and his contemporaries as well as contemporary art having points of contact with the life´s work of Akseli Gallen-Kallela.
Espoo
All Espoo City Museum's public spaces are closed due to the decision made by Metropolitan Area coronavirus coordination group from November 30th, 2020 until January 10th, 2021.Located in the middle of modern-day Espoo, Glims still offers its visitors a glimpse of the countryside
Espoo
Life in the fortress and the town presented in the brick house from 1760, the oldest town building in Hamina.
Hamina
The astronomy visitor centre of the Helsinki University Museum. Welcome to the journey through light years!
Helsinki
Genuine 18th century merchant home.
Porvoo
Museum exhibits local history and has special sections devoted to locals President Risto Ryti and sculptor Lauri Leppänen. One of the museum's specialities is also the collection of 600 traditional Finnish belt knives.
Huittinen
Hyvinkää
Living Home & Museum – experiences and culture since 1593
Somero
The museum presents the development, equipment and activities of the Finnish infantry from Swedish era to the present day.
Mikkeli
Local means of livelihood like hunting, fishing and tar trade.
Kajaani
Museum of cultural history, Art museum, Keuruu Old Church, Pihlajavesi Wilderness Church, Pihlajavesi Museum, the new churches in Keuruu and Pihlajavesi.
Keuruu
The Kierikki centre and Stone Age Village present Finnish prehistory and way of life 6000 years ago.
Oulu
Discover a century of activity in the Ebeneser Kindergarten!
Helsinki
Contemporary Art & Design since 1928.
Helsinki
The museum, situated in an19th-century farmhouse, displays traditional peasant life in Kustavi, especially fishing and seafaring.
Kustavi
Peasant life, everyday life and celebration, from Kuusamo in the first decades of the 20th century.
Kuusamo
The Imperial Fishing Lodge, surrounded by beautiful rapid scenery, was built for Czar Alexander III in 1889.
Kotka
The museum is located in the lush, green parkland of Lohja's old vicarage, right next tothe city centre.
Lohja
The unique manor home of the Flemings and the Mannerheims lets you experience the life of a 17th–19th century noble family.
Masku
Scale models of ships and boats, paintings with marine motives and other marine objects.
Loviisa
The Luostarinmäki museum block is the only complete wooden building area that survived the Great Fire of Turku in 1827. The more than 200 year old buildings stand where they originally did, and the alleys, yards, and homes of the block form an unique environment in the middle of the city.
Turku
In Military Museum´s Manege you can familiarise yourself with the history of the Finnish Defence Forces during 100 years.
Helsinki
The museum focuses on the cultural and domestic history of Oulu and northern Ostrobothnia.
Oulu
A museum area where a total of 18 old peasant buildings built between the 17th and 19th centuries have been moved to from all over the province.
Seinäjoki
The museum of Technology presents the history of technology and industry as a story about Finland and the Finns – bringing the stories to life. It is the only general museum of technology in Finland. The Museom of Technology is closed 28.11.2020-5.4.2021!
Helsinki
Valkeakoski
Möhkö ironworks was in operation during the period of 1838-1907.
Ilomantsi
The permanent exhibition includes a bourgeois residence and a craftsman´s town home from the late 19th century.
Naantali
The Art Nouveau building completed for use as the National Museum of Finland in 1910 is a treasure as a whole. The modernised permanent exhibitions, evocative changing exhibitions and diverse events guarantee that the National Museum is always offering something new and different.
Helsinki
The origin of a thousand stories and the site of numerous battles, Olavinlinna Castle is one of the best-known sights in Finland.
Savonlinna
Discover life in 19th century in eleven old wooden houses and visit famous writer Minna Canth's room.
Kuopio
See paintings and sculptures from famous Finnish artists from 19th and 20th century and get to know the life of the Erkko brothers, who were know as writers and newspaper men.
Orimattila
Finnish mining industry from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day.
Outokumpu
Upper-class residence from late 19th century.
Hämeenlinna
The museum is located by the Nordkalk limestone quarry.
Paraisten kaupunki
At Parppeinvaara you'll find a collection of historic buildings based on the theme of local tradition.
Ilomantsi
The oldest surviving wooden house in Turku holds charming chambers as well as Finland's oldest pharmacy interior.
Turku
Second biggest outdoor museum in Finland with around 70 buildings.
Lieksa
Permanent art exhibition of sculptor Eero Hiironen (1938-2018), sculpture garden and changing exhibitions.
Ähtäri
A castle ruin with thousand stories.
Raasepori
Lovely old milieu telling the history of Raasepori and about the life and art of Helene Schjerfbeck who lived in the town.
Raasepori
An open-air museum comprising an original farmstead dating back to the 19:th century.
Karttula
Reserve Officers´ School Museum has preserved the traditions of the Reserve Officers´School since 1920.
Hamina
Sámi Museum and Nature Centre Siida is your guide to Sámi culture and northern nature.
Inari
See the forest like you've never seen it before - at the Science Centre Pilke
Rovaniemi
An old settlement, where artisans lived in 1700-1900, presenting objects related to handicraft trades.
Mäntsälä
Rural Finland in miniature!
Helsinki
Come and experience life as it may have been at the turn of the 20th century in the countryside in Swedish-speaking Ostrobothnia.
Mustasaari
The Särestöniemi Museum in Kaukonen, Kittilä, displays the art and working environment of Reidar Särestöniemi (1925-1981).
Kittilä
Säynätsalo Town Hall is one of architect Alvar Aalto’s most significant works.
Jyväskylä
Taipale canal park area there are the Canal museum with a cafe, over 170 year old stone canal and the working Taipale canal with active waterbourne traffic.
Varkaus
Home to seven museums and changing exhibitions, Museum Center Vapriikki offers things to do and see for the whole family.
Tampere
The museum shows a traditional peasant home with the front-room decorated as a wedding-room.
Vaasa
The museum is a specialized museum for craft covering entire Finland.
Jyväskylä
The museum focuses on the the history of glass.
Riihimäki
The Finnish Museum of Games tells the story of the Finnish gaming culture. At the museum visitors get to try games from different time periods in authentic environments.
Tampere
Lenin Museum takes visitors on a fascinating journey to the history that Finland and Russia share.
Tampere
The only four-masted merchant sailing ship in the world still in its original state.
Maarianhamina
The museum focuses on the natural habitat and cultural heritage of Lapland.
Rovaniemi
The permanent exhibition "Environment as a heritage" displays the diversity of nature in Central Finland.
Jyväskylä
The Sibelius Museum is the most versatile music museum in Finland.
Turku
The representative home of the factory owners, Teresia and Rafael Lönnström, with collection of Finnish art from the 19th and 20th centuries.
Rauma
The museum is a farmyard complex typical of this region, with all appropriate buildings and equipment.
Oulu
This more than 700 year old granite castle is one of the top sights in Finland.
Turku
UNESCO World Heritage site that captures an interesting phase of development in Finland’s industrial history.
Kouvola
Liedon Vanhalinnas historic hill fortification is a popular cultural destination by the beautiful Aurajoki river valley.
Lieto
The first photography center in Finland is situated at an idyllic old wooden atelje house of the photographer Victor Barsokevitschin (1863-1933). VB-photographycenter exhibits Finnish and international photography.
Kuopio
The Villa Gyllenberg museum, which is comprised of the Gyllenberg family home and an adjoining gallery, is located in the beautiful and natural surroundings of Helsinki’s Kuusisaari area.
Helsinki
A military history museum presenting the history of the Salpa Line fortification with both indoor and outdoor exhibitions.
Virolahti
The life and works of sculptor Emil Wikström (1864-1942), in his studio home (1902-13) with authentic interior.
Valkeakoski
Please NOTE. Closed due to the corona epidemic and roof repair 3.12.2020–5.3.2021. WAM is an art museum of the City of Turku, whose varying exhibitions present contemporary art phenomena locally as well as internationally.
Turku
Living history about mankind and the sea.
Maarianhamina
Laukaa
Säkylä
The museum presents the culture and various means of livelihood in the archipelago of eastern Uusimaa, such as boats and boatbuilding, pilot´s services and various functions for holiday makers.
Loviisa
Peasant artefacts, especially equipment used for making home-brew beer.
Asikkala
Fishing and sealing implements and a large collection of utility boats.
Luoto
The genuine environment of an old chicory factory.
Pietarsaari
Forest work from the 1860´s to the1960´s as from the beginning of the sawmill industry up to the mechanization of the forest work.
Parkano
The museum consists of the two-storey house of a landlord and several peasant buildings.
Raasepori
The museum presents aviation history with archives from different periods.
Jämsä
Peasant buildings and farm implements.
Hankasalmi
Burghers home from the early 20th century.
Kalajoki
A peasant cottage from 1850 and several other buildings moved here from other places.
Mänttä-Vilppula
The museum, housed in a granary close to the church of Helsinge Parish from the 15th century, presents rural objects and handicraft products.
Vantaa
The Herbarium was founded in 1919 when the collections of Dr.
Turku
Farming implements.
Eura
Objects related to local history and means of livelihood presented in a loan grain storehouse.
Ii
An open-air museum.
Kauhava
Museum is not open at the moment.
Iitti
The oldest local museum in southern Ostrobothnia displays local culture.
Ilmajoki
The museum is located in the Cultural Centre of Imatra.
Imatra
Over 20 peasant buildings and the house where sculptor Elias Ilkka (1889-1968) lived.
Jalasjärvi
The museum presents local peasant culture in the 18th-century buildings.
Jämsä
The museum presents as special features: Puukko (knife) daggers and textiles.
Kauhava
The home of a prosperous peasant family in its original setting including original furniture.
Laitila
An extensive outdoor museum in a fishing village with some 20 buildings presenting the fishing and farming culture of the coastal villages of Swedish-speaking Ostrobothnia.
Kristiinankaupunki
Museum of local history and culture, containing equipment for manufacturing illegal spirits.
Kitee
A coffee room in the functional style of the 1940´s, a large textile collection, old toys and farming implements.
Vöyri-Maksamaa
The museum area comprises the old 19th century living quarters for farm hands of the local vicarage, a windmill from the 20th century and few outbuildings.
Paraisten kaupunki
Farm implements on display in the original engineering works.
Mynämäki
A cottage which houses a miller´s home and a separate hostelry section.
Joensuu
A house museum.
Hämeenlinna
Museum has room for decades from 1920-1960 with corresponding and furnishing.
Kouvola
The history of boatbuilding tradition on the Kråkä island; tools connected with boatbuilding and a boat under construction.
Porvoo
One of the largest utility boat museums in Fenno-Scandia.
Maalahti
Turku
A house museum with furniture and courtyard.
Kärkölä
Museum exhibits local weaving and textile traditions as well as fishing and log floating traditions of the meteorite lake.
Lappajärvi
A mill built in 1807 of grey stone, miller´s cottage and exhibition space in a parallel cahmber building dating from the 18th century.
Lieto
The museum, situated in an old parish meeting hall, is specialized in textiles from the region.
Lappeenranta
The museum presents ecclesiastical objects.
Orivesi
Fishing implements.
Merikarvia
A loan grain storehouse and five churchstables with collections of peasant artefacts and toys.
Rauma
Teaching equipment connected with nurse training, instruments of a visiting nurse, uniforms.
Pieksämäki
Museum describes the history of Harjamäki mental hospital, which operated 1926-1997 in the Harjamäki area.
Siilinjärvi
The museum of the Kauhajoki veterans presenting memories of the war.
Kauhajoki
Farming, fishing and hunting implements, collections of textiles, coins and photographs.
Iisalmi
Village Museum located in a parallel chamber building with four chambers, the former Vikman Manor.
Kruunupyy
Hinttala 19th century peasant house and yard.
Nokia
Mynämäki
Material connected with organ making.
Vöyri-Maksamaa
An open-air exhibition of folk buildings.
Oulu
The role of electricity in the beginning of the 20th century.
Paimio
Four mills built in 1850 standing side by side.
Eura
The museum tells of the situation at the front and at home during the Second World War in 1939-1945.
Loviisa
A farmhouse and two storehouses with contents.
Lapinjärvi
Finland's first president K.
Haapajärvi
The Päivälehti Museum presents the history of media, modern-day media and the future of media as well as the freedom of speech in Finland and in other countries.
Helsinki
The home and farmyard of a small farmer from North Savo from the late 19th century.
Siilinjärvi
An open-air museum area, peasant artefacts.
Pirkkala
1.6.-12.8. Wed-Sun 11-17
Kajaani
The Salpa Line is a massive line of defensive fortifications approximately 1200 km long that was built in 1940 - 41 and in 1944 in order to defend the Eastern border of Finland.
Miehikkälä
Sawmill workers´ homes from the late 19th century.
Puumala
Objects displayed in an old schoolhouse derive from the schools in the Sipoo region.
Sipoo
Finnish cars and traffic culture from the 1920´s to the 1970´s.
Lappeenranta
Peasant buildings.
Raasepori
Bottles from all over the world, ranging from an old Finnish "mahapullo" (belly bottle) to an approx.
Sonkajärvi
Roos house (built in 1813) houses among other things, the K.
Kokkola
Tuusula
Kuopio
There are 22 peasant dwellings in the museum area, artefacts related to traditional means of livelihood.
Inkoo
Hattula
Svedberg´s school, dating back to1862, was the first elementary school in the Swedish-speaking Ostrobothnia.
Uusikaarlepyy
Two windmills from the 1840´s, a fisherman´s cottage at the harbour of Harrström.
Korsnäs
Farming and forestry implements.
Tohmajärvi
The museum presents peasant artefacts from the region in a wooden loan grain storehouse.
Alajärvi
The museum presents a water mill built in 1889, with old machinery and tools.
Multia
The old farmstead of the Paloniemi family, inhabited during 1665-1927.
Pertunmaa
In agricultural museum it is possible to make a trip to history and every day life of the old Helsingin maalaiskunta.
Vantaa
Ecclesiastical objects.
Hamina