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.
Mikkeli Centre of Photography is an art centre and museum.
Mikkeli
A visitors centre for science, nature, art and culture – in the middle of the Archipelago Sea UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.
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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
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
What is life like in the north of the globe? Discover the everyday life in the Arctic, the lifestyles of northern peoples, and the new challenges facing the region, such as climate change and globalization.
Rovaniemi
Art and Museum Centre Sinkka is home to Kerava Museum and Kerava Art Museum.
Kerava
The Ateneum is Finland’s best-known art museum and the home of Finnish art. Closed from 1 to 20 December 2020 to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
Helsinki
The museum for voluntary national defense operates in a building designed by Alvar Aalto for the South Ostrobothnian Defence Corps and Lotta Svärd organisations.
Seinäjoki
The Degerby Igor museum tells stories of human interest about the lease period of Porkkala 1944-1956. This area, very close to Helsinbki, was leased to the Soviet Union after WW2.
Inkoo
Design museum tells the story of the Classics of Finnish Design. Visit the museum in Helsinki Design District!
Helsinki
Emil Cedercreutz Museum by the beautiful Kokemäenjoki river combines art and cultural history.
Harjavalta
EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art is one of the most important art museums in Finland.
Espoo
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
A museum for the whole family!
Espoo
Explore the life of the famous Fiskars ironworks village from 17th century to this day.
Raasepori
Forestry Museum of Lapland - a unique stage for history.
Rovaniemi
Here begins the sea! Forum Marinum is a lively and versatile centre for maritime activities. During summer you can also visit the many impressive museum ships by the river!
Turku
The museum ship s/s Bore. Built 1960.
Turku
Museum ship Suomen Joutsen full-rigger. Open during summer months only.
Turku
Haltia - The Finnish Nature Centre, is a sustainable nature and outdoor center and the gate to Nuuksio National Park in Espoo, where you can get a real experience of the Finnish nature.
Espoo
Life in the fortress and the town presented in the brick house from 1760, the oldest town building in Hamina.
Hamina
The museum’s permanent exhibition Hanko in Foreign Hands has been completely renewed.
Hanko
The world's only museum focusing on Helsinki.
Helsinki
Heureka - The joy of discovery and fun experiences for all ages! Please note: HEUREKA IS CLOSED until March 31, 2021 as a COVID-19 precaution!All tickets must be purchased or booked in advance via Heureka’s online ticket shop.
Vantaa
Birth home of Finland's national writer Aleksis Kivi.
Nurmijärvi
The Hotel and Restaurant Museum is a museum specialised in the history of hotels, restaurants, cafés, tourism and Finnish food culture.
Helsinki
Designed by the architects Gesellius, Lindgren and Saarinen and completed in 1903, Hvitträsk is a unique comprehensive work of art that is of particular interest to those interested in design and architecture.
Kirkkonummi
Experience the Middle Ages and both the grandeur and decline of the 700-year-old Häme Castle by yourself or on a guided tour.
Hämeenlinna
Hämeenlinna City Museums exhibitions, shop and lounge.
Hämeenlinna
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
What’s on display at Kangasala Arts Centre: a permanent exhibition with works by the famous Finnish sculptor Kimmo Pyykkö, as well as temporary exhibitions.
Kangasala
Discover a century of activity in the Ebeneser Kindergarten!
Helsinki
Kotkaniemi, the home museum of President P. E. Svinhufvud and Mrs. Ellen Svinhufvud
Luumäki
Kuopio Museum is closed for renovations. We will be open 15th April 2021.
Kuopio
Käsityönmuseo Miila tells the story of the long history of crafts and their meaning in everyday life.
Paimio
Kaisaniemi Botanic Garden introduces an eclectic and fascinating collection of living plants.
Helsinki
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
Lusto is a national museum and science centre of international importance focusing on Finnish forest culture.
Savonlinna
Maritime Centre Vellamo is an attraction full of stories of the sea and the local region.
Kotka
Kasarminkatu street was an important shopping street at the turn of the 20th century.
Hamina
At the Moomin museum you step into an exciting magical world of Tove Jansson’s Moomin books.
Tampere
Hämeenlinna
The Museum of Central Finland specializes in cultural history.
Jyväskylä
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
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
Finnish mining industry from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day.
Outokumpu
Upper-class residence from late 19th century.
Hämeenlinna
A bold and experimental museum of contemporary art.
Pori
The Messengers is an exhibition that takes visitors through the history, recent past and future of postal and communication services in Finland.
Tampere
Taivalkoski
In the Crown Granary, you can learn more about Raahe´s history, from prehistory to the present day.
Raahe
Archaeological exhibitions.
Raisio
Rauma Maritime Museum offers a view to the medieval town to which sea and seafaring have always been vitally important.
Rauma
Marela shows the life and lifestyle of a wealthy shipowner and his family at the turn of the 1900s, the golden age of seafaring in Rauma.
Rauma
RIISA is a museum with a soul.
Kuopio
An open-air museum comprising an original farmstead dating back to the 19:th century.
Karttula
The factory museum displays products, machines and tools of the Rosenlew company.
Pori
Dramatised history and art in the former head office of the Serlachius paper company.
Mänttä-Vilppula
Classic artworks at the manor and contemporary art in the pavilion.
Mänttä-Vilppula
Come and experience life as it may have been at the turn of the 20th century in the countryside in Swedish-speaking Ostrobothnia.
Mustasaari
Säynätsalo Town Hall is one of architect Alvar Aalto’s most significant works.
Jyväskylä
Mänttä-Vilppula
Opened as a museum in 1987, Tamminiemi Villa was the official residence of the Presidents Ryti, Mannerheim and Kekkonen and the stage of many political negotiations and resolutions.
Helsinki
Temppeliaukio Church is situated in the heart of Helsinki and excavated into solid rock.
Helsinki
History of motoring, motor vehicles and road traffic in Finland.
Kangasala
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 Labour Museum Werstas is the biggest museum in Finland which have free admission.
Tampere
Collections are owned by the Nature Conservation Society of South-West Häme, founded in 1951 by professor Torild Brander.
Forssa
The Maritime Museum of Finland is a national maritime museum, located in the Maritime Centre Vellamo in Kotka.
Kotka
The Museum of Kymenlaakso is situated in the Maritime Centre Vellamo at the old City Port of Kotka.
Kotka
The Museum of Tornio Valley showcases Tornio Valley culture and history on both sides of the Finnish-Swedish border.
Tornio
Salla museum of war and reconstruction is located in the vicinity of the village of Salla at the area of Salla’s former railway station.
Salla
The museum focuses on the natural habitat and cultural heritage of Lapland.
Rovaniemi
The Sibelius Museum is the most versatile music museum in Finland.
Turku
Museum is closed due to renovation and will be opened again in May 2021.
Kemiönsaari
A cultural meeting place in Tapiola. Closed from 1st December 2020 to 31 March 2021 to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
Espoo
Closed 30.11.2020-9.2.2021. Theatre Museum’s exhibitions transport visitors into the theatre and backstage to see and experience what performance and theatre are all about.
Helsinki
This more than 700 year old granite castle is one of the top sights in Finland.
Turku
Liedon Vanhalinnas historic hill fortification is a popular cultural destination by the beautiful Aurajoki river valley.
Lieto
Varkaus museums - Varkaus city museum and art museum
Varkaus
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
National museum for peacekeeping and crisis management, which also fosters the legacy of the tradition of veterans and voluntary national defence.
Hamina
Stories about the famous village distillery, history of alcohol in Finland and the famous Könni clocksmiths.
Ilmajoki
Kaustinen
Ojala displays life on a wealthy farm during the 17th and 19th centuries.
Raahe
The oldest surviving wooden building in Oulu, built in 1739, represents the typical home of a sailor of that time.
Oulu