Top 10 Museums in Tavastia Proper, Finland

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.

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.

Naïve art gallery located in Iittala Village. Summer and winter exhibitions, see the webpage for more information: https://naivistit.fi

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.

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.)

The Finnish Glass Museum has operated since 1981 in a former glassworks building converted into a museum designed By Tapio Wirkkala, academic and world-famous Finnish designer. The former glassblowing facility and the third floor of the museum are reserved for temporary Finnish and international exhibitions of the history and present state of glass and design.

Jokioinen Museum Railway is a living steam railway, where you can either take a scheduled steam train, charter your own private train or just a carriage in a scheduled train for your group. When the trains are not running you can rent real railway hand cars and explore the railway on your own. In June, July and August there is a small museum and cafe open every day at Minkiö station. Over there you can also rent the hand cars. On other times you can reserve the hand car rentals on our web pages. Check also for scheduled steam trains in autumn and winter, like our famous Santa Claus Train!