5.0Palander House(12 reviews) - Very interesting home museum Tuesday: Spent < 1 hour Speciality Museums • History Museums
Palander House presents the lifestyle of a bourgeois Hameenlinna family 100 years ago. The museum showcases a variety of room ensembles, ranging from the elegant drawing room to the servants’ kitchen. The museum is located in the north-east corner of the city centre in an area with lots of period houses. Admission fee includes a guided tour. These are held every 30 minutes. Opening Hours 2.5.–31.8. Tue–Sun 12 p.m.–4 p.m. 1.9.–30.4. Sat–Sun 12 p.m.–4 p.m. Christmas Exhibition 30.11.2019-6.1.2020 Mon–Sun 12 p.m.–4 p.m.See more..
4.5Forssa Museum(10 reviews) - Lovely short experience at Forssa Tuesday: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours History Museums
Forssa Museum is located in the middle of the historical Spinning Mill Area - the birthplace of our city! The museum has three different exhibitions: Permanent exhibition The City of Colourful Cloth, an Art Gallery and The Pattern Center that holds and showcases an extensive collection of Finnish printed fabrics and original designs. The City of Forssa was established around textile industry. Swedish born Axel Wilhelm Wahren (1814-1885) founded a cotton spinning mill by the side of Kuhalankoski rapids in 1847. The mill was soon followed by a weaving mill and Finland's first industrial fabric printing plant. In 1934 the Forssa Company founded by Wahren was merged with Finlayson textile group from Tampere and the company Finlayson-Forssa was formed. Textile production in Forssa ended in 2009. The heritage of the textile factories is now stored in Forssa museum's unique textile archives.See more..
4.5Skogster Museum(8 reviews) - Hämeenlinna City Museum Tuesday: 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours History Museums
Skogster Museum is the main location of Hameenlinna City Museum. The downstairs holds a museum shop and reference library, as well as the Ooh, Hameenlinna! exhibition, which features funny stories and extraordinary truths about Hameenlinna. Yearly changing exhibitions in the main exhibition hall upstairs. 2019 seasonal exhibition Tales of the Spiritual World contemplates supernatural phenomena. Free admission.See more..
The museum is one of the most popular attractions in Forssa, being located at the charming Cotton Mills area. Collections are owned by the Nature Conservation Society of South-West Hame, founded in 1951 by professor Torild Brander. The museums displays about 6000 items and specimens, focus being on local nature and conservation biology.See more..
The Tenant Farmer Museum of Laurinmaki is situated next to Janakkala’s church of St Lawrence. There are various buildings in the Museum area; the Vahakurki croft, smoke cabin, blacksmith’s shop, sheds, drying barn, stable-cowshed building and windmill. You can also see trenches built by the Russians, StLawrence spring and ancient sacrificial grove. Cafe at summertime.See more..
4.5The Recreational Fishing Museum of Finland(3 reviews) - The interesting story of Rapala lures and Lauri Rapala Spent < 1 hour Speciality Museums • Natural History Museums
Lauri Rapala was the founder of Rapala-Normark group, the largest fishing lure and tackle producer in the world. Lauri Rapala was born in this region (in Sysmä). This museum tells the exciting story of Lauri Rapala and Rapala Company. This isn't "only" Rapala museum. It also tells about other lures, fishing as a hobby and local nature. The museum is three storeys high and it is situated in an old dairy building (nowadays called as Päijännetalo House). So it also tells about local history and dairy industry. Remember to visit the statue of Lauri Rapala, too. It is situated 300-400 meters (walking time 4 minutes) from the museum. I am not interested in fishing but this museum was very exciting. I recommend it for everyone interested in nature, fishing or history.See more..
Historical Museum of Riihimaki (fi. Riihimaen kaupunginmuseo) was founded in 1961. The museum moved to the present premises in 1970. The building is one of the oldest in town, built in 1858 to the house of the railway station master’s family, ticket box and telegraph office. The newly built railway was start for the growth and wellbeing of the village of Riihimaki a hundred and sixty years back.See more..
