Pohjois-Karjalan museo Hilma, North Karelia, Finland
4.5 (46 reviews) Spent Ranking #2 in Joensuu Speciality Museums
Interesting museum
This museum located in the Carelicum building presents the history and cultural tradition of Karelia. In addition, the museum has changing theme exhibitions. In connection with the museum, there is a children's playground Mukulakatu. The permanent exhibition located on the second floor tells you about the prehistory and development of the North Karelia region, military history, Karelian cultural tradition and artifacts, miniature models of the city of Sortavala, and the birth of the city of Joensuu.
Address
Koskikatu 5, Joensuu 80100 Finland
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Website
http://www.joensuu.fi/pohjoiskarjalanmuseo
Current local date and time now
Sunday, May 12, 2024, 10:58
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4.5 based on (46 reviews)
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5Anitta H 5:00 PM Jul 21, 2021
Very interesting implementation of the exhibition.
North Karelian museum Hilma is located in the centre of Joensuu, in an old bank building next to the market square. The museum's permanent exhibition displays the prehistory and the history of Karelia and North Karelia. There are also several temporary exhibitions each year concentrating on various themes, such as local culture and history.
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5KLsWanderlust 5:00 PM Apr 27, 2017
an unexpected gem
After an emergency visit to the Joensuu Hospital, we discovered that we had to go elsewhere to pay our bill, so back we came to Joensuu a few days later to pay. We expected an office or some other administrative functional facility, but were surprised to go into this interesting building that seems to have a reception area that handles local billing payments and ticketing. Very efficient I might add. There is also the North Karelia history museum which was absolutely fascinating (most information was in Finnish, Russian and English) and a wonderful little Kahvila-Ravintola "Aino Sofia" serving local Keralian dishes. We enjoyed everything we tried, service was great. We would not have come to Joensuu had I not had a kidney stone, but I am glad we did.
