Location: Haemeenlinna
Top Things to do in Haemeenlinna
10 Museums in Haemeenlinna That You Shouldn't Miss
Hämeenlinna (Swedish: Tavastehus) is a city and municipality of about 68,000 inhabitants in the heart of the historical province of Häme in the south of Finland. Hämeenlinna is the oldest inland city of Finland and was one of the most important Finnish cities until the 19th century. It still remains an important regional center.
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1. Palander House
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5.0 based on 12 reviews
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.
2. Taidelainaamo
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
Artist-led gallery and artotheque in the heart of Verkatehdas Arts & Congress Center offers you a perfect view to contemporary art in Hame. Artotheque is also an ideal and easy way of acquiring art for your home or workplace. Try first, decide later.
3. Naivistit Iittalassa Foundation
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5.0 based on 4 reviews
Naïve art gallery located in Iittala Village. Summer and winter exhibitions, see the webpage for more information: https://naivistit.fi
4. Birthplace of Jean Sibelius
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4.5 based on 44 reviews
Composer Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) was born and lived the first 20 years of his life in Hameenlinna. The rooms of his birthplace are decorated in the style of the era between the 1860s and the 1880s, and the museum exhibition sheds light on little Janne’s childhood years in Hameenlinna. A guided tour will provide you with more information. Chamber concerts are regularly held at the hall of the museum. Opening Hours 2.5.–31.8. Mon–Sun 10 a.m.–4 p.m. 1.9.–30.4. Tue–Sun 12 p.m.–4 p.m. (Closed: New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Labor Day, Midsummer Eve, Midsummer Day, Midsummer Sunday, Independence Day 6.12. and Christmas 23.–26.12.)
Reviewed By Nannanen
A lovely little museum in a great location. You don't need a lot of time to visit, but I chose to stay a little longer and soak in the calm atmosphere. Sibelius's wonderful music in the background is a great touch, and the staff is incredibly helpful.
5. Museo Militaria
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4.5 based on 87 reviews
Reviewed By jayw986 - Riihimaki, Finland
Visited on Sunday noon. We were the only customers and had the three-story building for ourselves. Plenty of items and info for many visits. I’m glad they had this history oasis open even there are so few visitors.
6. Hameenlinna Art Museum
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4.5 based on 18 reviews
Hämeenlinna Art Museum is a diverse museum of visual arts near the centre of Hämeenlinna. The museum operates in two buildings in the Verkatehdas area, both featuring temporary exhibitions that showcase various types of visual arts. The special exhibitions feature both older Finnish art and the very latest contemporary art styles.
7. Skogster Museum
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4.5 based on 7 reviews
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.
8. Vankilamuseo
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4.0 based on 55 reviews
Reviewed By visithame - Tavastia Proper, Finland
The Prison is authentic and exciting place to visit. This is a museum, but it has been an old prison and there is many things left there and that makes it really authentic. It almost seems like the prisoners and the stuff just left. Offices and prison cells have been left intact. There is also clothing and other things to see in the museum. In a guided tour you here exciting stories about the prison history and stories about the prisoners.
9. Sibelius Center
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4.0 based on 8 reviews
