Location: Tampere
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What to do and see in Tampere, Pirkanmaa: The Best Museums
Tampere (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈtɑmpere] ( listen); Swedish: Tammerfors [tamɛrˈfɔʂ]) is a city in Pirkanmaa, southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries.
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1. Milavida Museo
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 32 reviews
Reviewed By MikaelF413 - Vantaa, Finland
This museum is located in a restored late-19th-century Näsi Castle in the middle of the lush Näsi Park. Milavida presents the glamorous and international lifestyle of the Nottbeck family, the owners of the famous Finlayson cotton mill. The temporary exhibition 'Carry me – 100 years of handbags' showcases the centenary story of the handbag.
2. Vapriikin Museokeskus
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 396 reviews
Reviewed By leffex - Pietarsaari, Finland
The Vapriikki is amazing. You can find all kind of museums here. The Stone Museum, Media Museum Rupriikki , Puppet Museum , Pirkanmaa Provincial Museum , Postal Museum , Finnish Ice Hockey Museum , Finnish Game Museum and Tampere Museum of Natural History. Vapriikki is named after the Swedish word fabrik. The Museum Center is located in the former workshop of the Tampella Mill, the oldest parts of which were built in the 1880s. Half of the total area of 14,000 square meters in Vapriiki is reserved for exhibitions and public spaces. I’m a history freak, so the most interesting for me was the exhibition “Tampere 1918”, which tells about the bloody battle between the Whites and the Reds during the Finnish Civil War 1918. Perspectives are offered by the fighters on both sides, but civilians and onlookers are not overlooked either. The exhibition presents a large cross-section of society at war, from children and old people to workers and factory managers. The Vapriikki was selected as the Museum of the Century at the Centennial Cultural Gala held in October 2017 as part of Finland's 100th anniversary program.
3. The Finnish Labour Museum Werstas
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 65 reviews
The Finnish Labour Museum Werstas is based in the historical Finlayson cotton mill area in the heart of Tampere. At Werstas you can visit the Labour Museum's exhibitions, Textile Industry Museum and Steam Engine Museum, free admission.
Reviewed By MajorVoid - Paisley, United Kingdom
Great little museum - free entry and a varied range of intelligently curated exhibitions covering aspects of working class culture and workers' history in Finland. The steam engine is enormous and worth going to have a look at. Some of the displays are quite quirky and humorous and all of it is thought provoking - I learned loads about the history of the co-operative movement and its trials and tribulations through the ups and downs of the Finnish economy in the 21st century.
4. Sara Hilden Art Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 88 reviews
The Sara Hildén Art Museum, which is the permanent home of the collection of modern art, Finnish and foreign, owned by the Sara Hildén Foundation, is maintained by the City of Tampere. The museum places on exhibition works belonging to the foundation and also arranges changing exhibitions. The museum is located next to the Näsinneula observation tower in the Särkänniemi area.
5. Tampere Mineral Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 27 reviews
Reviewed By MikaelF413 - Vantaa, Finland
The Mineral Museum is a permanent exhibition on Vapriikki’s ground floor. The 7000 objects of the exhibition have been collected from 70 countries. You can also find here meteorites, dinosaur eggs, and plant and animal fossils.
6. Mediamuseo Rupriikki
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4.5 based on 10 reviews
Rupriikki Media Museum is located in the historic Finlayson factory area in the heart of the City of Tampere. Rupriikki Media Museum’s three permanent exhibitions Our Daily Media, Black on White and Weaving the Net present the history of mass communications, and the role of media in our everyday lives.
7. Emil Aaltosen Museo
8. Moomin Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 129 reviews
Reviewed By Pure_Fin - Shanghai, China
The worlds only Moomin Museum is locates at Tampere Talo aka the biggest opera house in Finland. Good location to visit as family, both adults and children has something to do. They have translations with Finnish, Swedish, Russian, English and Japanese. The ticket allows you to say 4 hours but 1-2 hours is enough. It is forbidden to take photos inside of the museum except one location ( staff will help you) It’s the second location of the Moomin Museum (first one was at the central library). There are storytelling times when visitors can listen the stories (adults and children). Every day there is an art workshop on the B1 floor All of the original drafts and models are visible in the Museum. The location is close to city centre and central train station (10-15 min walk).
9. Mineral Museum
10. Lenin Museum
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 169 reviews
Welcome to the Birthplace of the Soviet Union! The renewed museum provides a vivid, comprehensive and critical view of the history Russia and Finland share. It takes visitors on a fascinating journey through some of the most remarkable events in our history: The Russian Revolution, the founding of the Soviet Union, Finland's independence, the Second World War and finally the collapse of the Soviet Union. The museum hall at the Tampere Workers' Hall is known as the birthplace of the Soviet Union - it's where Russian revolutionaries Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin met for the first time. This meeting that happened in 1905 had global impacts: the two men decided to arrange a revolution in Russia, found the Soviet Union and to let Finland become independent.
Reviewed By opdiepad21
Don't be put off by some guide books dismissive reviews, this museum is full of well displayed and fascinating historic details of Soviet and Tampere history. Lenin first met Stalin here, prior to his journey to St Petersburg from Finland. Well worth a visit.
