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.
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
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 Itä-Häme Museum, housed in the former Koskipää mansion, covers seven parishes.
Hartola
The museum building is build an 1872 empire house, build for merchant Ulrik Lindholmin (1825–90).
Heinola
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 Ehrensvärd Museum on the original central courtyard of Suomenlinna sea fortress shows the life at Commander’s House.
Helsinki
The charming Hakasalmi Villa is located next to Finlandia Hall near Töölönlahti bay.
Helsinki
The world's only museum focusing on Helsinki.
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
Rural Finland in miniature!
Helsinki
Top art on display in a brewery owner's home.Closed 1.12.2020–31.1.2021.
Helsinki
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
Birthplace of the famous Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.
Hämeenlinna
Hämeenlinna City Museums exhibitions, shop and lounge.
Hämeenlinna
Möhkö ironworks was in operation during the period of 1838-1907.
Ilomantsi
Joensuu Art Museum Onni is situated in the centre of Joensuu, exhibiting its own collections as well as several temporary exhibitions every year.
Joensuu
The North Karelian Museum is located in the centre of Joensuu, in the Carelicum building.
Joensuu
The museum is a specialized museum for craft covering entire Finland.
Jyväskylä
An open-air museum comprising an original farmstead dating back to the 19:th century.
Karttula
Kemi
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 Sagalund Museum - no matter what age you are! One of the oldest and largest open-air museums in Finland.
Kemiönsaari
Sami people’s of history, culture and mythology over thousands of years.
Kittilä
Maritime Centre Vellamo is an attraction full of stories of the sea and the local region.
Kotka
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
Kuopio Museum is closed for renovations. We will be open 19th February 2021.
Kuopio
Peasant life, everyday life and celebration, from Kuusamo in the first decades of the 20th century.
Kuusamo
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 Koli Nature Centre Ukko offers Finland's best known national landscape, the hills of Eastern Finland and heritage sites.
Lieksa
Second biggest outdoor museum in Finland with around 70 buildings.
Lieksa
Liedon Vanhalinnas historic hill fortification is a popular cultural destination by the beautiful Aurajoki river valley.
Lieto
Sarka is the national museum of agriculture.
Loimaa
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 unique manor home of the Flemings and the Mannerheims lets you experience the life of a 17th–19th century noble family.
Masku
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
The Alikartano estate was founded in 1608. In 1709-1912 it belonged to the Nordenskiöld family.
Mäntsälä
An old settlement, where artisans lived in 1700-1900, presenting objects related to handicraft trades.
Mäntsälä
See paintings and sculptures from famous Finnish artists from 19th and 20th century and get to know the life of the Erkko brothers, who were know as writers and newspaper men.
Orimattila
The Kierikki centre and Stone Age Village present Finnish prehistory and way of life 6000 years ago.
Oulu
The museum focuses on the cultural and domestic history of Oulu and northern Ostrobothnia.
Oulu
Historical museum about the regions Satakunta ja Pori.
Pori
Genuine 18th century merchant home.
Porvoo
The oldest town hall in Finland.
Porvoo
In the Crown Granary, you can learn more about Raahe´s history, from prehistory to the present day.
Raahe
Explore the life of the famous Fiskars ironworks village from 17th century to this day.
Raasepori
In Forngården, situated near Raseborg castle ruins, you can explore the life of a fisherman home dating from the 18th-19th century.
Raasepori
A castle ruin with thousand stories.
Raasepori
Lovely old milieu telling the history of Raasepori and about the life and art of Helene Schjerfbeck who lived in the town.
Raasepori
Archaeological exhibitions.
Raisio
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
The history of the town of Riihimäki in an idyllic setting at the Rautatienpuisto park.
Riihimäki
The museum focuses on the the history of glass.
Riihimäki
The museum presents 10 000 years of Finnish hunting with different kinds of traps and weapons.
Riihimäki
Forestry Museum of Lapland - a unique stage for history.
Rovaniemi
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
Sastamala
Pukstaavi, The Museum of Finnish Book offers knowledge and experiences to all who are interested in books and reading, regardless of age.
Sastamala
Lusto is a national museum and science centre of international importance focusing on Finnish forest culture.
Savonlinna
The origin of a thousand stories and the site of numerous battles, Olavinlinna Castle is one of the best-known sights in Finland.
Savonlinna
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
Living Home & Museum – experiences and culture since 1593
Somero
Katelholm Castle is a well-preserved castle ruin whose walls could tell many an exciting tale.
Sund
Home to seven museums and changing exhibitions, Museum Center Vapriikki offers things to do and see for the whole family.
Tampere
The Museum of Tornio Valley showcases Tornio Valley culture and history on both sides of the Finnish-Swedish border.
Tornio
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
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
The oldest surviving wooden house in Turku holds charming chambers as well as Finland's oldest pharmacy interior.
Turku
This more than 700 year old granite castle is one of the top sights in Finland.
Turku
The Turku Cathedral Museum upstairs in the south gallery takes visitors on a trip all the way back to the fourteenth century.
Turku
The museum shows a traditional peasant home with the front-room decorated as a wedding-room.
Vaasa
Valkeakoski
The history of Vihti presented in three separate museum buildings from the 19th century.
Vihti
Exhibits related to ship- and boatbuilding, hunting and fishing, household and handicrafts as well as the Reitkalli gardening school.
Hamina
Heikkilä Local History Museum is open in the summer.
Kerava
Take a time trip to the Tuupala House Museum to see the life of an old Kuhmo farm and a perpetual inn!
Kuhmo
A water mill from the 1870´s and a miller's cottage with contents and outbuildings.
Mikkeli
The building is connected to the early history of Mikkeli and it was built at the end of the 15th century.
Mikkeli
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
The oldest surviving wooden building in Oulu, built in 1739, represents the typical home of a sailor of that time.
Oulu
The museum farm is a significant part of Finnish building heritage.
Ristiina
The oldest and most comprehensive prehistoric attraction in Finland by the bank of the impact crater lake Summasjärvi.
Saarijärvi
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
The museum presents local history and the means of livelihood in the Halikko region.
Salo
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
Finland´s only police museum is open to everyone!The Police Museum is located in the Tampere suburb of Hervanta.
Tampere
Have you ever before seen an ingenious musical instrument that plays the violin and conjures up a wonderful musical performance of the top violinist's tunes?
Varkaus