Luostarinmäki is the only continuous district of wooden houses that survived the fire of 1827 in Turku. These houses are over 200 years old and still standing in their original building sites. The houses have been furnished as craftsmen’s homes and workshops, representing over 30 different trades. The museum tells the story of pre-industrial urban craftsmanship. In the summertime craftsmen come to work in the workshops. The museum is open during summer from May to August, and for the Christmas Season in December.See more..
4.5Pharmacy Museum and Qwensel House(115 reviews) - Nice and quick museum to visit Spent 1-2 hours Speciality Museums • History Museums
The Qwensel House is the oldest bourgeois housing from the autarchic times in Turku. The house was built approximately in the year 1700 to an area that was reserved for the nobility. Check for opening times online.See more..
4.0Waino Aaltonen Museum of Art(60 reviews) - A perfect little gem Saturday: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours Speciality Museums • Art Museums
Waino Aaltonen Museum of Art - or more familiarly WAM - is the Turku City art museum. The focal point of the exhibitions is modern and contemporary art. WAM displays c:a four exhibitions annually.See more..
Have you a trip to Finland? Then take a stop at Nanoq Arctic Museum in Jakobstad / Pietarsaari.... Arctic museums exists not so many in the world. Here you can learn about nature, lifestyle, animals, Arctic explorers and their tours...etc. Art, tools, gods, igloos, balloons...many exhibitions. .a lot to explore! I really recommend it.See more..
4.0Rosala Viking Centre(43 reviews) - A brief look at Viking history Temporarily closed - Closed until Apr 7, 2023 Speciality Museums
This was part of a package trip for us that included visits to Rosala and Bengtskar. The Viking Center portion included access to the various displays and exhibits on the premises, a 7 minute video (available in English) on the Viking religion and lunch in a Viking-like hall. The lunch that was included was a local recipe (not viking-related) and very good. It was set in a dining hall that tries to simulate the viking look and feel. There were other drinks (bottled beer and locally brewed beer) and snacks that were also available for sale. The other exhibits were interesting, the most fun being the one where you can try on the equipment. Others were static exhibits with some simple information. The 1.5 hours we spent was enough to cover everything including lunch.See more..
4.0Turku Biological Museum(31 reviews) - Great nature dioramas Saturday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 AM Spent < 1 hour Speciality Museums • Natural History Museums
A refreshing old style museum. Dioramas are something that modern people find actually quite exotic as they are so used to their flat screens...See more..
4.5Louhisaari Manor(30 reviews) - Very pleasant Spent 1-2 hours Speciality Museums • Points of Interest & Landmarks
After belonging to the Fleming family since the 15th century, Louhisaari was in 1795 bought by the Mannerheim family, which owned it until 1903. The Marshal of Finland C. G. E. Mannerheim was born at Louhisaari in 1867. The main building dates from 1655 and is one of the rare examples of palatial architecture in Finland. The festive floor and the service floor are in 17th-century style and furnished to match. The middle floor, where the actual living quarters were, was modernised during the 18th and 19th centuries, and the rooms in this part of the castle reflect the interior-decoration styles of that time. The castle is surrounded by an English landscape park. The main building of Louhisaari Manor was opened to public on 1st of June 1967. Louhisaari Manor is located on the southwest coast of Finland 30 km North of Turku. Louhisaari is now closed but we are open again from May 15th 2016.See more..
4.5Bonk Museum(27 reviews) - Most interesting experience in UKI Speciality Museums
Bonk museum consists of just two rooms in main building and one barn for children workshop during summer, and packed of items with an unbelivable story about incredible machines. It's like walking in 1930's but looking ahead in future. Opened daily from 10-18, it deserve seening! Learned also new things, which today we take it for granted, but back in those days were only dreams.See more..
This place is well known in Uusikaupunki so it was worth a visit to see it - also it is located next to the large Valmet Automotive car factory. The collections include various old cars, some concept cars and lots of Saabs. It is nice to wander around and see social history through cars. I would recommend a visit for an hour or two. Sadly the museum does not accept card payments, so bring cash with you for the entrance fee.See more..
Kylamaki Village of Living History is an outdoors museum, where the old tools and utensils are still in use. The area consists of four country houses with their barns and fields. Meet the lady of Iso-Kohmo house, busy in the kitchen. Enjoy the peace of Finnish countryside, only four kilometers from central Turku. Easy access by bus.See more..
The main exhibition presents the history of Finnish agriculture and describes the life at a Finnish farm during the four seasons. What kind of work did people carry out in the winter? What was the work on the fields and in the cow sheds like? The main exhibition is complemented by changing exhibitions.See more..
Very nice city to visit. You can see many beautiful places. Enjoy archipelago, clean air and atmosphere. At downtown very good restaurants like Kamu and Kalakauppa.See more..
4.5Korpo Local Museum(4 reviews) - Picturesque museum Spent 2-3 hours Speciality Museums
Kolla aven var sida pa FaceBook, dar finns manga fotografier i almumen.See more..
The downstairs of the house is the presentation of the history of the house and how the wealthy family used to live. The rooms are well presented and there are good explanations of each room. There are also some photo board displays of old buildings in Uusikaupunki which were demolished and replaced with ugly modern blocks, well worth a look! Upstairs is dedicated to the maritime history of Uusikaupunki with lots of photos, exhibits, pictures of ships and other such usual things. The inside yard contains some outbuildings, including a shoe maker's workshop. The yard is a nice place to sit and have a coffee or picnic. I'd highly recommend a visit to this museum!See more..
4.5Salon elektroniikkamuseo(3 reviews) - Nostalgia trip to the past Saturday: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours Speciality Museums • History Museums
This museum is located 1 km from the city center in Astrum Center which is an old Salora factory building. Salora has a very important part of Salo and Finnish industrial history. It manufactured radios, televisions and other electronic devices 1928–1993. After Salora ceased its operation, another Finnish technology pioneer, Nokia Corporation, moved to the premises. The museum exhibition presents hundreds of old radios, TVs, monitors, mobiles and other electronics made in Salo. I always remember the year 1972, when I was eight years old and we got our first color TV for the Münich Summer Olympics. It was a Salora television.See more..
5.0Small Block Museum(2 reviews) - Must go in Iniö Speciality Museums Sympathetic small museum with a very unique specialty. One of a kind place, must go if passing through Iniö! Visit will take about 30 minutes.See more..
This museum is located at the Verkan Marina. In the museum is an exhibition about Hjalmar Mäkelä who lived in Korpo in the 1920s and 1930s. He was a well-known spirit smuggler. With the money, he built the largest house in Korpo and a Velodrome. He was keen on cycling. The exhibition also includes bird hunting, boat engines and winter fishing.See more..
Vanhalinna is located at the foot of the ancient Linnavuori hillfort, in the cultural landscape of the Aurajoki Valley, just a 10-minute drive from the Turku city centre. Positively immersed in culture and history, the idyllic manor estate milieu of Vanhalinna is an ideal destination for a day trip as well as a perfect venue for banquets and conferences the whole year round. The legacy of Mauno and Ester Wanhalinna is preserved in the main building's manor museum, whose treasures are Phoenix furnishings from the University of Turku. The articles on display are primarily post-war furnishings and artefacts. An archaeological exhibit offer a thematic presentation of prehistory in Vanhalinna. Vanhalinna's ethnographic exhibits tell about rural life in the 1800s. The exhibition examines the arc of a human life, everyday routines and celebrations as well as church doctrines and folk beliefs. Every year, Vanhalinna hosts 2–4 temporary exhibitions.See more..
5.0Casa Haartman(1 review) - How an artist does interior decoration Spent < 1 hour Speciality Museums • History Museums
Casa Haartman is the home museum of the artist Axel Haartman and his wife Hedvig. The house is from 1920's, designed by Erik Bryggman, an architect much appreciated in Finland and known abroad especially for his Recurrection Chapel (in Turku). This house was the Haartman family home for nearly 40 years, and Axel also had his atelier there. This is a charming place to visit, since the home is pretty much intact and lets the visitor get a genuine glimse into the everyday family life and circumstances of two cultural and cultivated persons.See more..
