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.
Mikkeli Centre of Photography is an art centre and museum.
Mikkeli
At the Shipyard of Jakobstad you can find the war indemnity schoonert Vega and the galeas Jacobstads Wapen which is a replica built with drawings from the 18th century
Pietarsaari
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
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 Bank of Finland Museum presents the history of money, monetary systems and monetary economy as well as the function of a modern central bank as a member of the European System of Central Banks.
Helsinki
Birthplace of the famous Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.
Hämeenlinna
The picturesque Carlsro is a one-of-a-kind mansion preserved from the 19th century in it's original form. The museum houses as well a unique eclectic collection of local historical items.
Kristiinankaupunki
The museum, built in 1772, is the town´s oldest building and used to serve as the garrison guardroom.
Lappeenranta
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
The Headquarters telephone and teleprinter trafficwas transmitted through the Communications Centre Lokki, which operatedfrom the underground caverns of Naisvuori during the Second World War.
Mikkeli
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
The museum displays the products of Arabia and Iittala from 1873 to the present day.
Helsinki
The Ehrensvärd Museum on the original central courtyard of Suomenlinna sea fortress shows the life at Commander’s House.
Helsinki
Emil Cedercreutz Museum by the beautiful Kokemäenjoki river combines art and cultural history.
Harjavalta
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.KAMU brings Espoo's history to life.
Espoo
The Finnish Aviation Museum is an exciting visiting destination for the whole family, located in the heart of the Aviapolis area in Vantaa.
Vantaa
The biggest ice hockey museum in Europe presents the history of ice hockey in Finland and elsewhere.
Tampere
Sarka is the national museum of agriculture.
Loimaa
The exhibitions at the Natural History Museum showcase biological diversity from Finland and other parts of the world.
Helsinki
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
Welcome to the City of Colourful Cloth! And to hear of the times when the river through the city of Forssa flowed blue, green or red, depending on the dyeing factory on its shore.
Forssa
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
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
House of Golden Story: colorful gold history of Lapland and international gold prospecting tradition under the same roof.
Sodankylä
The charming Hakasalmi Villa is located next to Finlandia Hall near Töölönlahti bay.
Helsinki
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
A small, but homey museum at the south point of Finland.
Hanko
The world's only museum focusing on Helsinki.
Helsinki
The astronomy visitor centre of the Helsinki University Museum. Welcome to the journey through light years!
Helsinki
The University of Helsinki is the oldest university in Finland and the country's cultural and scientific cradle. The exhibitions and collections of the University Museum tell the fascinating story of the University, from the founding of the Royal Academy of Turku in the year 1640 up to the present day.
Helsinki
Genuine 18th century merchant home.
Porvoo
Museum organizes changing exhibitions of Finnish and international contemporary art and art history.
Hyvinkää
Hämeenlinna City Museums exhibitions, shop and lounge.
Hämeenlinna
Living Home & Museum – experiences and culture since 1593
Somero
Welcome to Finlands oldest home museum of the national poet J.L. Runeberg.
Porvoo
Writer and parsonage museum in historical Koljonvirta
Iisalmi
Local means of livelihood like hunting, fishing and tar trade.
Kajaani
Kajaani Art Museum offers annually a distinguished selection of both nationally and internationally interesting contemporary art.
Kajaani
Museum of cultural history, Art museum, Keuruu Old Church, Pihlajavesi Wilderness Church, Pihlajavesi Museum, the new churches in Keuruu and Pihlajavesi.
Keuruu
History of Kankaanpää, Kauko and Sinikka Räike art collection and army history in an old school building.
Kankaanpää
The Kierikki centre and Stone Age Village present Finnish prehistory and way of life 6000 years ago.
Oulu
Kurikka museum has a variety of exhibitions that present the history of Kurikka and its culture.
Kurikka
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
Exprience the great history of a small town! The Commandants house is a beautiful building from 1755.
Loviisa
Kaisaniemi Botanic Garden introduces an eclectic and fascinating collection of living plants.
Helsinki
Lusto is a national museum and science centre of international importance focusing on Finnish forest culture.
Savonlinna
The Museum of Central Finland specializes in cultural history.
Jyväskylä
Museum of Finnish Architecture brings buildings' tales to life. The museum is located in a neo-renaissance building in Helsinki Design District.
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 is housed in the main building of a parsonage (built 1812, rebuilt 1854) and several outbuildings.
Mäntyharju
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 Koli Nature Centre Ukko offers Finland's best known national landscape, the hills of Eastern Finland and heritage sites.
Lieksa
The North Karelian Museum is located in the centre of Joensuu, in the Carelicum building.
Joensuu
The history of the Nurmes area is presented from the prehistory to the present day trough objects and photographs.
Nurmes
Open air museum about the life of early 20th century tenant farmers in eastern Finland.
Nurmes
The history of the oldest glass factory in Finland.
Urjala
The origin of a thousand stories and the site of numerous battles, Olavinlinna Castle is one of the best-known sights in Finland.
Savonlinna
The museum´s function comprise the coastline and northern area of the former Vaasa province.
Vaasa
Upper-class residence from late 19th century.
Hämeenlinna
A beautiful museum area in the center of Pargas.
Paraisten kaupunki
The oldest surviving wooden house in Turku holds charming chambers as well as Finland's oldest pharmacy interior.
Turku
The Messengers is an exhibition that takes visitors through the history, recent past and future of postal and communication services in Finland.
Tampere
In the Crown Granary, you can learn more about Raahe´s history, from prehistory to the present day.
Raahe
The exhibitions of the Radio and TV Museum Mastola feature radio and television history from the olden days. The museum's interactive exhibits invite you to take part.
Lahti
Get to know the history of Finnish work, industry and strong alcohol.
Nurmijärvi
Rauma Maritime Museum offers a view to the medieval town to which sea and seafaring have always been vitally important.
Rauma
In the Old Town Hall (built in 1776) one can visit changing exhibitions, see Rauma lace, and buy souvenirs from the museum shop Kistupuad.
Rauma
Ethnographic objets and artefacts related to cultural history.
Rautalampi
The history of the town of Riihimäki in an idyllic setting at the Rautatienpuisto park.
Riihimäki
RIISA is a museum with a soul.
Kuopio
Sámi Museum and Nature Centre Siida is your guide to Sámi culture and northern nature.
Inari
Historical museum about the regions Satakunta ja Pori.
Pori
The Lake Saimaa Nature and Museum Centre is a charming meeting spot and exhibition site next to Olavinlinna castle, in the heart of Old Savonlinna.
Savonlinna
Contemporary art, events and experiences at Kunsthalle Seinäjoki.
Seinäjoki
Dramatised history and art in the former head office of the Serlachius paper company.
Mänttä-Vilppula
Rural Finland in miniature!
Helsinki
Pukstaavi, The Museum of Finnish Book offers knowledge and experiences to all who are interested in books and reading, regardless of age.
Sastamala
The main museum of Suomenlinna fortress Suomenlinna Museum is open all year round.
Helsinki
Old toys from the beginning of the 19th century to the 1980' in a beautiful building on the Suomenlinna sea fortress island.
Helsinki
The City of Mikkeli's museum of cultural history, known as the Suur-Savo Museum, records and exhibits the history of Mikkeli and its region.
Mikkeli
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
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
Themes from art history and phenomena of contemporary art in both its Finnish and international exhibitions.
Tampere
Home to seven museums and changing exhibitions, Museum Center Vapriikki offers things to do and see for the whole family.
Tampere
A culture-historical museum consisting of six buildings and 11 charcoal owens which presents the history of the ironworks from 18th to the 20 th century.
Kemiönsaari
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
The Finnish Museum of Horology is specialised in timepieces and the history of measuring time.
Espoo
Collections are owned by the Nature Conservation Society of South-West Häme, founded in 1951 by professor Torild Brander.
Forssa
The collections of objects, photographs, art and textiles relate the maritime history and trading traditions of the town.
Pietarsaari
The home of Marshal of Finland, Baron G.
Helsinki
The Museum of Tornio Valley showcases Tornio Valley culture and history on both sides of the Finnish-Swedish border.
Tornio
The oldest town hall in Finland.
Porvoo
Finland’s largest prison museum The Prison examines the history of prison management and prison life by evoking emotions and breaking preconceived notions.
Hämeenlinna
The museum focuses on the natural habitat and cultural heritage of Lapland.
Rovaniemi
Sami people’s of history, culture and mythology over thousands of years.
Kittilä
The Section of Cultural History collects, preserves, studies and exhibits material related to the past and present of the University of Jyväskylä.
Jyväskylä
The representative home of the factory owners, Teresia and Rafael Lönnström, with collection of Finnish art from the 19th and 20th centuries.
Rauma
The Tobacco museum displays the local tobacco industry between 1762-1998.
Pietarsaari
A cultural meeting place in Tapiola. Closed from 1st December 2020 to 31 January 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
UNESCO World Heritage site that captures an interesting phase of development in Finland’s industrial history.
Kouvola
The museum is located in the oldest existing railway station in Finland (1862).
Vantaa
Varkaus museums - Varkaus city museum and art museum
Varkaus
The history of Vihti presented in three separate museum buildings from the 19th century.
Vihti
Authentic home of a Russian merchant family, which occupied the house for four generations. The house, built in 1826, is one of the few surviving old wooden houses in the centre of Lappeenranta.
Lappeenranta
The museum´s collections depict how men, women and children laboured with seines, herring drifts nets and drum nets in olden times.
Eckerö
Åland’s story, from the first seal-hunters, who set foot on these rocky islands, to today’s global and multi-cultural society.
Maarianhamina
The development of peasant and working-class culture, history of the local society since the 16th century.
Jämsä
The history of the archipelago is presented in the museum.
Brändö
A museum of local history and culture.
Orimattila
The museum presents the history of the Finnish borders and the Border Guard as well as the life and work of the border guards since 1918.
Imatra
Documents, photos and objects connected with the history of co-operative banks; a numismatic collection.
Helsinki
The history of the Customs Services until the activities of the present day.
Helsinki
The history of Helsinki Deaconess Institute, from a small epidemic hospital (1867) into a social enterprise group.
Helsinki
The history of the first decades (1950-1970) of eleven waterpower stations of Oulujoki and Emäjoki Rivers.
Muhos
Local history, forestry and log-floating traditions displayed in an old granary.
Kaavi
The museum outlines the history of the Helsinki City Rescue Services.
Helsinki
The museum presents aviation history with archives from different periods.
Jämsä
Heikkilä Local History Museum is open in the summer.
Kerava
Sneak in through the yellow gate and revel in the atmosphere of the 1860s in the oldest surviving wooden house in Helsinki.
Helsinki
Trams have been clattering around the streets of Helsinki for more than one hundred years.
Helsinki
There are six regional canal museums in Finland this being one of them.
Virrat
Exhibits related to local history, banking operations, fire brigade and the Lotta-Svärd (a female volunteer force) organisation.
Hirvensalmi
The history of the hospital and nursing since the beginning of the 20th century.
Raasepori
The history of nursing and hospitals in Central Finland.
Jyväskylä
Objects related to local history and means of livelihood presented in a loan grain storehouse.
Ii
A collection of objects connected with natural history.
Iisalmi
Imatra Town Museum was founded in 1974.
Imatra
Iron works dating from 1746 and products of the society, life of the iron works society especially from its heyday in the late 19th century.
Juankoski
Cultural history of the area in the Partala manor, which is a royal estate dating from the 16th century.
Juva
The museum is situated in an old grain store and presents as special items scale models and dolls related to the history of the parish as well as the collection of writer and genealogist Jalmari Finne.
Kangasala
A local history museum.
Kannus
The peasant museum presenting the history of Nivala, means of livelihood and housing conditions.
Nivala
Objects related to the history of the parish as well as traditional riverfishing implements.
Keminmaa
Veikko Salkio´s Natral History Collection, Viljo Nissinen´s Mineral Collection, Armas Järvelä´s Butterfly Collection.
Kokkola
Museum of local history and culture in a former grain storehouse (1861).
Joensuu
Local history and culture presented in an old grain storehouse.
Salo
Museum of local history and culture, containing equipment for manufacturing illegal spirits.
Kitee
A local history museum.
Kivijärvi
A coffee room in the functional style of the 1940´s, a large textile collection, old toys and farming implements.
Vöyri-Maksamaa
Local history presented in a grain store.
Jyväskylä
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
Phases of the Koskenkorva plant of Altia, history of the products of the factory and description of Finnish drinking habits.
Ilmajoki
The Krookila farmhouse with a chimneyless smoke sauna.
Raisio
The history of boatbuilding tradition on the Kråkä island; tools connected with boatbuilding and a boat under construction.
Porvoo
Kuopio
Museum of local history and culture.
Kuortane
Turku
The Lapua Cartridge Factory Museum is located in the original factory building and exhibits the factory´s everyday work, versatile history and unique national cartridge production.
Lapua
History of the mother parish of Laukaa since the beginning of the 16th century.
Laukaa
Local history in a grain store.
Masku
The museum presents the history of the Lepaa Gardening School and horticulture.
Hattula
Local history in a grain store built in 1848.
Leppävirta
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
Local history in an old grain store.
Lieto
The museum, situated in an old parish meeting hall, is specialized in textiles from the region.
Lappeenranta
A museum of local history and culture.
Loviisa
Exhibition of the Fortress, Prehistorical exhibition, school museum, ethnological exhibition and a church museum.
Luumäki
Farming and hunting implemetns, forest working equipment.
Miehikkälä
The history of the Finnish baseball since the days of Tahko Pihkala.
Vimpeli
The museum presents local history and the means of livelihood in the Halikko region.
Salo
Museum describes the history of Harjamäki mental hospital, which operated 1926-1997 in the Harjamäki area.
Siilinjärvi
The museum is a specialized museum of military history presenting wartime medical care from front-line conditions to military hospitals.
Lahti
The history of the visually impaired including schooling and professional education as well as professions practised by the visually impaired.
Helsinki
The time before the mechanization of farming is shown in the museum: implements connected with agriculture, cattle-breeding and dairy farming.
Tammela
The history of the Finnish labour movement.
Riihimäki
The development of the art of printing from the 19th century to the present day.
Jyväskylä
History of commercial banking in Finland since 1862.
Helsinki
A local history museum situated in an old loan grain storehouse in the eastern border region.
Lappeenranta
A museum of local history and culture situated in a grain storage.
Oripää
Rural objects from the early 20th century, local history, interior of the travelling school.
Paltamo
Rural objects from the beginning of the 20th century.
Parikkala
Exhibitions on the prehistory of the valley of Perniö River; interiors of a farmhouse and a manor-house, collections of weapons, glassware, pewter, copper, textiles and pipes.
Salo
A museum of local history and culture.
Pihtipudas
Finland´s only police museum is open to everyone!The Police Museum is located in the Tampere suburb of Hervanta.
Tampere
The museum presents with pictures, objects and soundsamples the history of students of technology.
Espoo
A museum of local history and culture.
Posio
The museum is housed in an old post office from 1828, presenting history of local mail services and transports.
Eckerö
A museum of local history and culture.
Pyhäjärvi
The museum portrays the history of both national and local photography.
Lapua
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
One of the oldest local history museums in Finland.
Ruovesi
Rupriikki Media museum´s permanent exhibition presents the history of mass communications, a journey into the world of the telephone, radio, television, the press and the computer, with the aid of examples from Tampere.
Tampere
The basic exhibition concentrates on seine fishing and related equipment, the history of the rural community in general displayed in the main building of the old farmhouse.
Naantali
Museum represents a typical Ostrobothnian farming house from the late 19th century.
Lapua
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
A museum of local history and culture.
Loviisa
The buildings of a former school: an elementary school (1898), a residential home, a wood shed and lakeside sauna.
Ranua
The museum depicts the history of the Savo railway and Pieksämäki depot; maintenance of railway tracks and working in a steam engine presented.
Pieksämäki
A classroom from the 1930´s, teaching equipment from different decades, objects related to a hundred-year history of the school education in Ähtäri.
Ähtäri
The museum of local history and culture.
Simo
The history of this unique milieu dates back to the 16th century.
Paraisten kaupunki
Local history in an old government granary.
Sotkamo
The building is connected to the early history of Mikkeli and it was built at the end of the 15th century.
Mikkeli
A museum of local history and culture.
Sastamala
Local history in an old grain store.
Suonenjoki
Museum of local history and culture.
Sysmä
The collections, housed in the Viiainen Manor dating from 1784, present several aspects of the rural class society.
Taivassalo
A museum of local history and culture.
Tampere
History of bicycles and biking presented with respective accessories.
Teuva
Artefacts connected with the church history.
Lempäälä
The lighthouse is built in 1906 and is the tallest lighthouse building in the Nordic countries.
Kemiönsaari
The history of the making of locks at Björkboda from 1889 to the present day.
Kemiönsaari
The Finnish Museum of Refrigeration tells the story of refrigeration history starting from the days when ice was carried from the lake until the latest modern technology.
Ylöjärvi
The history of the jaeger movement in Finland.
Kauhava
The history of Kaskinen, e.
Kaskinen
A cottage situating by the museum canal presents the history of the canal and waterway traffic through information panels.
Suonenjoki
Kuopio
Objects connected with nursing, a doctor´s consulting room, a patient´s room in a former house of a hospital gatekeeper.
Turku
An old cabin brought from Valkeala, several outbuildings.
Lemi
A two-room cottage dating from the turn of the 19th century with a storehouse from 1778.
Uusikaarlepyy
The museum, situated in the large attick of the shipowner S.
Kristiinankaupunki
The museum is situated in old harbour storehouses dating from the 18th and 19th centuries.
Vaasa
Situated in Asikkala municipality, Vääksy village at Päijännetalo building by the busy canal.
Asikkala
A history of transport from skis through horse-drawn sleighs and carts to bicycles, cars and trucks.
Petäjävesi
The museum presents local history, the hostelry tradition and old horse-drawn vehicles.
Taipalsaari
The history of the Finnish Salvation Army, founded in 1889.
Helsinki
Museum of local history and culture situated in an old croft.
Loppi
Take a time trip to the Tuupala House Museum to see the life of an old Kuhmo farm and a perpetual inn!
Kuhmo
A local history museum housed in a grain store (designed in 1851 by C.
Hattula
Museum of local history and culture, situated in a loan grain storehouse.
Merijärvi
The products and history of the weaving industry in Hyvinkää in 1892-1981.
Hyvinkää
In agricultural museum it is possible to make a trip to history and every day life of the old Helsingin maalaiskunta.
Vantaa