Top Things to do in Riihimaki
Top 5 Museums in Riihimaki, Tavastia Proper
Discover the best top things to do in Riihimaki, Finland including Riihimaen Kaupunginmuseo, Lasistudio Mafka & Alakoski, Suomen Lasimuseo (The Finnish Glass Museum), Riihimaki Art Museum, Hunting Museum of Finland.
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1. Riihimaen Kaupunginmuseo
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
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.
2. Lasistudio Mafka & Alakoski
3. Suomen Lasimuseo (The Finnish Glass Museum)
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4.5 based on 56 reviews
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.
Reviewed By Kobaleki - Maribor, Slovenia
Very nice museum about making glass in history and about modern art. Everything is explained very well. Everything is in english also.
4. Riihimaki Art Museum
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4.5 based on 11 reviews
5. Hunting Museum of Finland
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4.0 based on 23 reviews
The Hunting Museum of Finland is the leading information center and service institution on its field in Finland. The mission of the museum is to collect, to study, to preserve, and to display Finnish hunting culture, past and present. The museum operations include a library and an archive serving researchers and public. Every year, the museum offers multiple exhibitions and events for local and national audiences. The permanent exhibition of the museum presents a general overview of the ten thousand year-old history of Finnish hunting - the period during which hunting developed from a means of earning one's living to a free time activity.
