Museums in Finland

There are more museums per person in Finland than in any other country in the world! We collected some highlights for you:

Arktikum (Exhibition of  Arctic Regions, Rovaniemi): http://www.arktikum.fi

Bengtskär Lighthouse (Scandinavia's highest lighthouse, 52 meters, built in 1906, the first lighthouse museum in Finland, a possibility for overnight stayings in the old home of the lighthouse keeper): http://www.bengtskar.fi

(History and pictures: http://www.bengtskar.com)

(Rotatable images: http://virtual.finland.fi/Picture_Book/360/bengtskarin_majakka.htm)

(Cruises from Hanko to Bengtskär Lighthouse: http://www.rosita.fi)

(Cruises from Hanko to Bengtskär Lighthouse: http://www.hk-service.fi/englanti/index.html)

(Cruises from Kasnäs to Bengtskär Lighthouse: http://www.kasnas.com)

(Other lighthouses: http://groups.msn.com/FinlandTravelClub/lighthouses.msnw)

Bonk Museum (Remember! This is a joke!): http://www.bonkcentre.fi

Botanical Gardens: http://www.fmnh.helsinki.fi/english/exhibitions/botanicgarden/index.htm, http://www.gardenia-helsinki.fi, http://www.hel2.fi/tourism/EN/Ohjelmaa_kohteet_lisa.asp?kieli=en&id=73&aspkategoria=1&aspword2=Muu, http://www.joensuu.fi/Botania, http://www.oulu.fi/botgarden/eindex.html, http://vanha.sci.utu.fi/biologia/puutarha/index_eng.html 

Castles, fortresses and fortifications in Finland and Russia: http://www.fort.fi/english/index.html and http://www.tte.ch/finland/act/#101

Finnish Museum Association: http://www.museoliitto.fi/en.php

Finnish Museum of  Horology (the only museum of its kind in the Nordic Countries, Espoo, near Helsinki): http://www.kellomuseo.fi

Finnish Museum of  Natural History (Helsinki): http://www.fmnh.helsinki.fi/english/index.htm

Finnish National Gallery: http://www.fng.fi/fng/html4/en/default.htm

Gallen-Kallela Museum: http://www.gallen-kallela.fi/english.html

Gold Prospector Museum: http://www.kultamuseo.fi/

Jokioinen Railway Museum (scheduled steam trains - a trip on a narrow gauge!): http://www.jokioistenmuseorautatie.fi

Kierikki - the Stone Age Centre (the biggest modern log building in Europe, prizes awarded in 2001 and in 2002): http://www.kierikki.fi

Lighthouse museums: http://groups.msn.com/FinlandTravelClub/lighthouses.msnw

List and search of museums in Finland: http://www.museums.fi/english/

Lusto (Finland's national forest museum: exhibitions & arboretum, we especially recommend "The Room of Silence" audiovisual nature show, in Punkaharju near the city of Savonlinna, visit also Retretti - see below): http://www.lusto.fi

Museum Links by TTE: http://www.tte.ch/finland/act/#76

Museums in East Uusimaa (quite near the city of Helsinki, especially interesting museums in Porvoo): http://www.ita-uudenmaanmuseot.com/

Museums in Turku: http://www.turunmuseot.fi, http://www.turku360.fi/360/museot/aboavetus/aboavetus.htm (click photos or choose other museums 1-12 on the right, please)

Nanoq Arctic Museum (in Pietarsaari): http://www.jakobstad.nu

National Board of Antiquities: http://www.nba.fi/en/

Old Mine in Outokumpu: http://www.kaivosmuseo.net/index_eng.php

Pahkaparatiisi - The Gnarl Paradise - Knorrenparadis (the collection of gnarled wood, over 4000 gnarls in Huittinen): http://www.satakuntatourist.fi/index.php?id=544, http://www.pahkaparatiisi.fi, http://www.pahkaparatiisi.fi/panoraama.html (the panorama), http://www.pahkaparatiisi.fi/galleria/index.htm (the photo gallery) 

Porkkala (historical area near Helsinki): http://www.porkkala.net/?lang=en

Puppet House (over 300 puppets in Sysmä): http://www.sci.fi/~kinnunen

Retretti Art Centre in the Finnish primary rock and glass-bottom boat cruises (in Punkaharju near Lusto Forest Museum, see above): http://www.retretti.fi

Rosala Viking Centre (a museum, viking houses, viking dinners): http://www.rosala-viking-centre.com/english.htm

Sibelius Museum (in Turku): http://www.sibeliusmuseum.abo.fi/index_eng.php

Spy Museum (in Tampere, the first spy museum in the world): http://www.vakoilumuseo.fi/englanti/index.htm

Steam train trips (scheduled trips or rent a steam train): http://www.jokioistenmuseorautatie.fi and http://www.steamrail.fi

Suomenlinna Island Fortress: http://www.suomenlinna.fi and http://www.suomenlinnatours.com/eindex.html and http://www.locationguide.fi/index.php?p=browse&mc=5

The Craft Museum of Finland (Net exhibitions are also worth seeing!): http://www.craftmuseum.fi/eng/index.htm

The Finnish Museum of  Agriculture: http://www.sarka.fi/etusivu.asp?kieli=2

Tytyri Limestone Mine & Dimensio Under Ground light show (in Lohja): http://www.kaupunki.lohja.fi/matkailupalvelukeskus/default.asp?kieli=826 

Wiurila Manor (Halikko, Turku region): http://www.wiurilankartano.com/engind.html

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