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.
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 beautiful home museum of world famous composer Jean Sibelius and his wife Aino Sibelius by the Tuusulanjärvi lake.
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
The museum area is a typical enclosed quarter of the 1880´s including 32 apartments, which illustrate the life of local industrial workers from 1880 to 1970.
Tampere
Enjoy the nature and atmosphere of the archipelago at an old fisherman’s estate on Pentala Island in Espoonlahti Bay.
Espoo
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
Artist Axel Haartmanin's unique home from the 1920s in the picturesque town of Naantali.
Naantali
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
Jyväskylä
The Ehrensvärd Museum on the original central courtyard of Suomenlinna sea fortress shows the life at Commander’s House.
Helsinki
Museum is closed due to renovations. Emil Aaltonen Museum will open again in summer 2021.
Tampere
Emil Cedercreutz Museum by the beautiful Kokemäenjoki river combines art and cultural history.
Harjavalta
Charming wooden house of the poet J.H. Erkko by the beautiful Tuusula Lake.
Tuusula
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
In Forngården, situated near Raseborg castle ruins, you can explore the life of a fisherman home dating from the 18th-19th century.
Raasepori
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
The museum ship s/s Bore. Built 1960.
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
The charming Hakasalmi Villa is located next to Finlandia Hall near Töölönlahti bay.
Helsinki
Irma Bunker's unique atmosphere offers a good look at what life on the front was during war time in Finland.
Hanko
Permanent exhibition on Carl Olof Cronstedt, the builder of Herttoniemi Manor, the home of an upper-class family from the beginning of the 20th century.
Helsinki
Finland's oldest private art museum founded in 1931 by goldsmith Kustaa Hiekka. Museum includes art by famous Finns as well as objects from Hiekka's travels around the world.
Tampere
Genuine 18th century merchant home.
Porvoo
Birth home of Finland's national writer Aleksis Kivi.
Nurmijärvi
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
Living Home & Museum – experiences and culture since 1593
Somero
Welcome to Finlands oldest home museum of the national poet J.L. Runeberg.
Porvoo
The main building of the old farmstead with surrounding farmyard and outbuildings present everyday life and living.
Lohja
Writer and parsonage museum in historical Koljonvirta
Iisalmi
Museum of cultural history, Art museum, Keuruu Old Church, Pihlajavesi Wilderness Church, Pihlajavesi Museum, the new churches in Keuruu and Pihlajavesi.
Keuruu
The museum is situated in the former main office of the foundry.
Karkkila
Kemi
Discover a century of activity in the Ebeneser Kindergarten!
Helsinki
Stunning collection of Finnish art from the 1850's to the 1970's in the heart of Helsinki.
Helsinki
Kotkaniemi, the home museum of President P. E. Svinhufvud and Mrs. Ellen Svinhufvud
Luumäki
Kurikka museum has a variety of exhibitions that present the history of Kurikka and its culture.
Kurikka
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
Exprience the great history of a small town! The Commandants house is a beautiful building from 1755.
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
Kasarminkatu street was an important shopping street at the turn of the 20th century.
Hamina
A turn of the century bourgeois home.
Turku
Milavida presents the glamorous and international lifestyle of the Nottbeck family, the owners of the famous Finlayson cotton mill. Museum at the beautiful Näsilinna manor house exhibits often also fashion and design in the theme of the factory.
Tampere
Get to know how life of the bourgeois looked like in Finland in the 18th and 19th centuries when Finland was first part of Sweden and then Russia.
Vaasa
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
School equipment in a classroom from the 1920´s in the building of the first elementary school of Nurmijärvi, built in 1873.
Nurmijärvi
Open air museum about the life of early 20th century tenant farmers in eastern Finland.
Nurmes
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
Lieksa
Paikkari Cottage is the birthplace and childhood home of Elias Lönnrot, who compiled the Finnish national epic Kalevala.
Lohja
Upper-class residence from late 19th century.
Hämeenlinna
The cottage like home and the Getsemane studio of artist Kalervo Palsa (1947-1987). Palsa's art has been described as fantastic realism. Museum open June to September.
Kittilä
A beautiful museum area in the center of Pargas.
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
This open-air museum describes the early 20th-century farm life in Central Finland.
Hankasalmi
Taivalkoski
Lovely old milieu telling the history of Raasepori and about the life and art of Helene Schjerfbeck who lived in the town.
Raasepori
Rauma Maritime Museum offers a view to the medieval town to which sea and seafaring have always been vitally important.
Rauma
In Kirsti one can see how people used to live in Rauma at during the early 20th century.
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
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
An open-air museum comprising an original farmstead dating back to the 19:th century.
Karttula
The museum forms an estate that holds all its buildings related to local peasant farming from the turn of the 19th and 20th century.
Rovaniemi
Typical early 19th century upper-class home life and an exhibition of the life of the national poet of Finland J. L. Runeberg.
Saarijärvi
The Seaman´s home is one of the oldest houses in Uusikaupunki.
Uusikaupunki
Sámi Museum and Nature Centre Siida is your guide to Sámi culture and northern nature.
Inari
Building Heritage House Toivo is a restoration centre of the Satakunta Museum.
Pori
An old pilot station in Uusikaupunki.
Uusikaupunki
An old settlement, where artisans lived in 1700-1900, presenting objects related to handicraft trades.
Mäntsälä
Dramatised history and art in the former head office of the Serlachius paper company.
Mänttä-Vilppula
Rural Finland in miniature!
Helsinki
Top art on display in a brewery owner's home.Closed 1.12.2020–31.1.2021.
Helsinki
The Heritage House and the open-air museum by it tell about the history of the Skolt Sámi inhabitants of Sevettijärvi.
Inari
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
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
Unique studio home of the Heiska family from early 20th century.
Jyväskylä
Already when stepping trough the gates and into the garden of the Aschan House, the visitor steps back 200 years. The old chief constable's family house build in 1780s' has remained almost in its original form.
Heinola
The museum shows a traditional peasant home with the front-room decorated as a wedding-room.
Vaasa
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 studio home in National Romantic style of painter Pekka Halonen (1865-1933) by the Tuusulanjärvi Lake.
Tuusula
The Itä-Häme Museum, housed in the former Koskipää mansion, covers seven parishes.
Hartola
The collections of objects, photographs, art and textiles relate the maritime history and trading traditions of the town.
Pietarsaari
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 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 Sagalund Museum - no matter what age you are! One of the oldest and largest open-air museums in Finland.
Kemiönsaari
Museum is closed due to renovation and will be opened again in May 2021.
Kemiönsaari
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
Liedon Vanhalinnas historic hill fortification is a popular cultural destination by the beautiful Aurajoki river valley.
Lieto
The history of Vihti presented in three separate museum buildings from the 19th century.
Vihti
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
The life and works of sculptor Emil Wikström (1864-1942), in his studio home (1902-13) with authentic interior.
Valkeakoski
History of a wooden town and seafaring.
Uusikaupunki
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
The cottage where Finland´s national writer, Aleksis Kivi (1834-1872), spent the last months of his life.
Tuusula
A water mill from the 1870´s and a miller's cottage with contents and outbuildings.
Mikkeli
Heikkilä Local History Museum is open in the summer.
Kerava
The museum illustrates the housing conditions of industrial workers from the beginning of the 20th century until the 1960´s and presents the social services available during that period.
Imatra
Childhood home of artist brothers Harri, Marko, Kain and Yrjö Tapper.
Saarijärvi
The museum presents the living conditions of paper-mill workers from the 1870´s to the 1970´s.
Valkeakoski
Salo
An open-air museum featuring the 18th century peasant environment, containing a windmill and miller's cottage (private), a loft storehouse and a granary.
Salo
Turku
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 first school building in Salo houses today an interior museum, which presents e.
Salo
The museum presents local history and the means of livelihood in the Halikko region.
Salo
Suomenniemi
Ojala displays life on a wealthy farm during the 17th and 19th centuries.
Raahe
Mynämäki
Life of a farmhouse at the end of the 19th century.
Orimattila
The first saw museum in Finland is housed in Nikkari's cabin, built in the 1850's, situated in the area of Pateniemi sawmill.
Oulu
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
The museum farm is a significant part of Finnish building heritage.
Ristiina
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
Experience the living of local industrial workers and craftsmen in the 1880´s in a complex of three wooden houses.
Forssa
The oldest surviving wooden building in Oulu, built in 1739, represents the typical home of a sailor of that time.
Oulu
Agricultural implements, objects dating from the Stone Age.
Salo
Dwellings and workshops of crafsmen.
Nurmijärvi
A house built in 1874, containing a pharmacy with implements mainly from the 20th century and a home with furniture, household utensils and books.
Tohmajärvi
Farming and forestry implements.
Tohmajärvi
Take a time trip to the Tuupala House Museum to see the life of an old Kuhmo farm and a perpetual inn!
Kuhmo
Farming implements and household utensils.
Tohmajärvi