Boat Hall
The Maritime Museum of Finland, Kotka
- 6.9.2021–
An impressive collection of boats from different decades
In the Boat Hall of Maritime Centre Vellamo you can admire boats from the collections of the Maritime Museum of Finland and the Kymenlaakso Museum.
The centre stage in Boat Hall is taken by Thomas Johanson’s and Jyrki Järvi’s gold-winning 49eR class sailboat from the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics. The boat belongs to the collections of the Maritime Museum of Finland. Older Olympic history is represented by the Australian rowing eight from the Helsinki 1952 Summer Olympics.
The small wooden Victoria boat reminds us of Tove Jansson, artist and writer, who travelled to her summer cottage at Klovharu by Victoria for nearly thirty years.
Traditional boat building skills in Kymenlaakso are represented, for example, by the Eeva boat from Summa village, the grandfather’s boat and the Kaunissaaren meriläinen boat. The Maija deck saloon boat is a unique example of boatbuilding in Vehkalahti preserved in her original form.
The Coast Guard Museum, built in cooperation between the Kymenlaakso Museum and the Finnish Border Guard, sheds light on the work of coast guards from the 1930s to the present day. The Coast Guard Museum exhibits the Beaver and Sääski surveillance aircraft, which controlled borders from the air, and the VMV 11 patrol boat, also called Vemma.
Museum exhibitions
Osana kulttuurikierrosta
Museum contact details
The Maritime Museum of Finland
Tornatorintie 99, Kotka
040 350 0497
Yhteydet julkisilla
Näytä reitti museolle Matkahuollon reittioppaassa
Katso reitti Matkahuollon reittioppaassa
Päämäärä:
The Maritime Museum of Finland, Tornatorintie 99, Kotka
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Admission fees
15/10/0 €
Payment methods
Vellamossa käyvät käteinen, yleisimmät pankki- ja luottokortit, Museokortti ja Kaikukortti sekä Smartumin, Epassin (mobiilisovellus) ja Edenredin kulttuuriedut.
Opening hours
Mon | Closed |
Tue | 10:00-17:00 |
Wed | 10:00-20:00 |
Thu | 10:00-17:00 |
Fri | 10:00-17:00 |
Sat | 10:00-17:00 |
Sun | 10:00-17:00 |
Exceptions to opening hours: https://www.merikeskusvellamo.fi/en/exceptions-to-opening-hours/.