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.
A visitors centre for science, nature, art and culture – in the middle of the Archipelago Sea UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.
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Finlands fotografiska museum K1 – världen genom fotografiet.
Helsinki
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
To visit the Alvar Aalto Museum is not only to immerse yourself in the world famous architect's work, design and personal history but an architectonic experience of space and building as well.
Jyväskylä
Amos Rex is an art museum where the past, present and future meet.
Helsinki
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
The Ateneum is Finland’s best-known art museum and the home of Finnish art. Closed at the moment to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
Helsinki
Design museum tells the story of the Classics of Finnish Design. Visit the museum in Helsinki Design District!
Helsinki
EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art is one of the most important art museums in Finland.
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.KAMU brings Espoo's history to life.
Espoo
Motorcycle Museum has over 100 motorcycles and historical items related to motorcycling. Themes in Museum change every year. This year’s theme is 100 years of Motorcycling in Finland.
Lahti
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
In the brand new Music Museum Fame you can find truly unique music experiences and be introduced to Finnish music from many decades.
Helsinki
A museum for the whole family!
Espoo
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
Museum ship Suomen Joutsen full-rigger. Open during summer months only.
Turku
The charming Hakasalmi Villa is located next to Finlandia Hall near Töölönlahti bay.
Helsinki
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
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
Heureka - The joy of discovery and fun experiences for all ages! Please note: HEUREKA IS CLOSED until April 30, 2021 as a COVID-19 precaution!All tickets must be purchased or booked in advance via Heureka’s online ticket shop.
Vantaa
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
Built in England (Newcastle upon Tyne) in 1907, Tarmo was the Grand Duchy of Finland’s third icebreaker upon its completion.
Kotka
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
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
Contemporary Art & Design since 1928.
Helsinki
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
The museum displays gemstones as well as synthetic stones, minerals, ores, metals, building and decorative stones as well as meteorites from 80 countries.
Tampere
At the Moomin museum you step into an exciting magical world of Tove Jansson’s Moomin books.
Tampere
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
Hämeenlinna
Kiasma is a home of contemporary art where everyone is welcome.
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 North Karelian Museum is located in the centre of Joensuu, in the Carelicum building.
Joensuu
The origin of a thousand stories and the site of numerous battles, Olavinlinna Castle is one of the best-known sights in Finland.
Savonlinna
At Parppeinvaara you'll find a collection of historic buildings based on the theme of local tradition.
Ilomantsi
The Messengers is an exhibition that takes visitors through the history, recent past and future of postal and communication services in Finland.
Tampere
An open-air museum comprising an original farmstead dating back to the 19:th century.
Karttula
Sámi Museum and Nature Centre Siida is your guide to Sámi culture and northern nature.
Inari
Experiences for the whole family! The science center offers 150 activity points and a 3D-cinema. A glass elevator ride takes you up the 45 meter tall tower.
Oulu
Contemporary art, events and experiences at Kunsthalle Seinäjoki.
Seinäjoki
Classic artworks at the manor and contemporary art in the pavilion.
Mänttä-Vilppula
Ski Museum – Snow Fun Year-round!
Lahti
Mänttä-Vilppula
Home to seven museums and changing exhibitions, Museum Center Vapriikki offers things to do and see for the whole family.
Tampere
History of motoring, motor vehicles and road traffic in Finland.
Kangasala
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
The Finnish Museum of Horology is specialised in timepieces and the history of measuring time.
Espoo
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 only four-masted merchant sailing ship in the world still in its original state.
Maarianhamina
Sami people’s of history, culture and mythology over thousands of years.
Kittilä
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
This more than 700 year old granite castle is one of the top sights in Finland.
Turku
Living history about mankind and the sea.
Maarianhamina
The Ensign Stål's Centre comprises the area next to the battlefield of Oravais including its monument and buildings.
Oravainen
Life in lumber camps in the 1950´s.
Virrat
Trams have been clattering around the streets of Helsinki for more than one hundred years.
Helsinki
A complex of houses typical of Åland, buildings from the18th and 19th centuries relocated from different parts of the islands.
Sund
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
The Krookila farmhouse with a chimneyless smoke sauna.
Raisio
The humble birthplace of Urho Kaleva Kekkonen (1900-86), President of Finland from 1956 to 1981.
Pielavesi
Ethnographic collections presenting different cultures in the world.
Helsinki
Tools dating from the end of the 19th century onwards.
Juuka
The museum relates the industrial traditions of Strömfors, nail and rod steel forge, interior of the iron works´office.
Loviisa
The house focuses on the Second World War and the periods of evacuation and reconstruction.
Ilomantsi
The Tradition Village includes three museums and an action village featuring agricultural and forest work tradition by means of work demonstrations.
Virrat
The exhibition illustrates the life of warders in the 20th century and shows the prison itself with five cells; other prison environments from the19th century until the 1950´are also presented.
Sund
Finnish art collected by Yrjö A.
Porvoo
The Öjskogsparken Local Museum is a centre for museum and theatre activities.
Närpiö