List of museums in Finland

This is an incomplete list of museums in Finland. According to a report, the total number of museums in Finland is 280 (2013), of which 139 are cultural history museums, 71 special museums, 55 art museums and 17 natural history museums.^[1] Circa 160 of these are run professionally. The central organisation for Finnish museums is the 1923 established .^[2]

National museums[]

National central museums of Finland are the Finnish Museum of Natural History, the National Museum of Finland and the Finnish National Gallery which comprises three museums; Ateneum, Kiasma, and the Sinebrychoff Art Museum.^[3]

Name	Location	Type	Established
Finnish Museum of Natural History	Helsinki	Natural history	1923
National Museum of Finland	Helsinki	History	1916
Finnish National Gallery
Ateneum	Helsinki	Art	1887
Kiasma	Helsinki	Contemporary art	1996
Sinebrychoff Art Museum	Helsinki	Art	1921

Regional museums and regional art museums[]

Finland has 22 regional museums and 16 regional art museums. They are responsible for promoting and guiding museum activities in their own area. The regional museum network was established in 1980 by the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture. The regional network covers the whole of Finland excluding the Åland Islands.^[2]

Regional museums[]

Name	Location	Region	Established
	Ekenäs		1906
Helsinki City Museum	Helsinki	Greater Helsinki	1911
	Hämeenlinna	Tavastia Proper	1910
	Kajaani	Kainuu	1930
	Kokkola	Central Ostrobothnia	1909
Kuopio Cultural History Museum	Kuopio	Northern Savonia	1884
Kuopio Natural History Museum	Kuopio	Northern Savonia	1897
	Lahti	Päijänne Tavastia	1924
	Turku	Southwest Finland	1881
	Tampere	Pirkanmaa	1996
Museum of Central Finland	Jyväskylä	Central Finland	1932
	Kotka	Kymenlaakso	1927
North Karelian Museum	Joensuu	Northern Karelia	1917
Northern Ostrobothnia museum	Oulu	Northern Ostrobothnia	1896
Ostrobothnian Museum	Vaasa	Ostrobothnia	1896
	Porvoo	Eastern Uusimaa	1980
Provincial Museum of Lapland	Rovaniemi	Lapland (excluding Torne Valley and Sea Lapland)	1975
	Seinäjoki	Southern Ostrobothnia	1980
Satakunta Museum	Pori	Satakunta	1888
	Savonlinna	Southern Savonia	1985
	Lappeenranta	South Karelia	1963
	Tornio	Torne Valley, Sea Lapland	1914

Regional art museums[]

Name	Location	Region	Established
Helsinki City Art Museum	Helsinki	Uusimaa	1974
	Hämeenlinna	Tavastia Proper	1952
	Jyväskylä	Central Finland	1998
	Joensuu	Northern Karelia	1962
	Kemi	Torne Valley, Sea Lapland	1947
	Kuopio	Northern Savonia	1980
Lahti Art Museum	Lahti	Päijänne Tavastia	1950
	Mikkeli	Southern Savonia	1976
	Alajärvi	Southern Ostrobothnia	1964
Ostrobothnian Museum	Vaasa	Ostrobothnia, Central Ostrobothnia	1896
Oulu Museum of Art	Oulu	Northern Ostrobothnia, Kainuu	1963
Pori Art Museum	Pori	Satakunta	1979
	Rovaniemi	Lapland (excluding Torne Valley and Sea Lapland)	1983
	Lappeenranta	South Karelia, Kymenlaakso	1965
	Tampere	Pirkanmaa	1931
Turku Art Museum	Turku	Southwest Finland	1904

National specialist museums[]

Seventeen^[4] National specialist museums are responsible for the storage, research and exhibition of the subjects on their own field.^[2] The first specialist museums were named in 1992.^[5]

Name	Location	Type	Established
Craft Museum of Finland	Jyväskylä	Craft	1982
Design Museum	Helsinki	Industrial design	1873
Finnish Aviation Museum	Vantaa	Aviation	1969
	Riihimäki	Glass production	1961
	Tampere	Social history, working life	1993
	Loimaa	Agriculture	2005
	Helsinki	Photography	1969
Finnish Railway Museum	Hyvinkää	Railway	1898
Forum Marinum	Turku	Maritime, naval history	1999
	Punkaharju	Forestry	1994
Military Museum of Finland	Helsinki	Military	1929
Mobilia	Kangasala	Automobile	1992
Museum of Finnish Architecture	Helsinki	Architecture	1956
Museum of Technology	Helsinki	Technology	1969
Siida	Inari	Sámi culture	1959
	Helsinki	Sport	1943
	Helsinki	Theatre	1962

Other selected museums[]

Art museums[]

Name	Location	Type	Established
	Tornio	Art	1986
Amos Rex	Helsinki	Art	2018
Cygnaeus Gallery	Helsinki	Art	1882
Didrichsen Art Museum	Helsinki	Contemporary art	1965
Espoo Museum of Modern Art	Espoo	Contemporary art	2006
Hirvitalo	Tampere	Contemporary art	2006
Kirpilä Art Collection	Helsinki	Art	1992
Kunsthalle Helsinki	Helsinki	Contemporary art, design	1928
	Vaasa	Contemporary art	2007
	Rauma	Art	1970
	Tampere	Art	1979
	Mänttä-Vilppula	Art, history	1945
Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art	Turku	Contemporary art	1967

History and specialized museums[]

Päivälehti Museum! Image	Mediamuseum	2001
Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova	Turku	History, contemporary art	1995
Alvar Aalto Museum	Jyväskylä, Helsinki	Architecture	1966
Archipelago Museum	Loviisa	Cultural history	1985
	Pori	Natural history	2000
Artillery Museum of Finland	Hämeenlinna	Military	1977
Aviation Museum of Central Finland	Jyväskylä	Military aviation	1979
Eckerö Mail and Customs House	Eckerö	Mail, art	1994
	Harjavalta	History, art	1916
Finnish Museum of Games	Tampere	Games, History	2017
Glims Farmstead Museum	Espoo	Agriculture, open-air museum	1958
Hallinportti Aviation Museum	Jämsä	Military aviation	1971
Helsinki University Museum	Helsinki	University museum	2003
Hotel and Restaurant Museum	Helsinki	Cuisine, tourism	1971
	Huittinen	History	1950
Jakobstad - Pietarsaari Museum	Jakobstad	History	1904
Jokioinen Museum Railway	Jokioinen	Heritage railway	1978
Karelia Aviation Museum	Lappeenranta	Military aviation	2000
Karhulan ilmailukerho Aviation Museum	Kotka	Aviation	1992
Lahti Ski Museum	Lahti	Winter sports	1959
Luostarinmäki	Turku	Open-air museum	1940
Maritime Museum of Finland	Kotka	Maritime	2008
Museum Masuuni Brunou	Juankoski	Industry	1991
Military Music Museum of Finland	Lahti	Military music	2003
Moomin Museum	Tampere	Art	1987
Museum for Motion Pictures	Helsinki	Film	2004
Nanoq	Jakobstad	Cultural history, open-air museum	1991
Parola Tank Museum	Hämeenlinna	Military	1961
	Sastamala	Literature	2011
Päijänne Tavastia Aviation Museum	Asikkala	Military aviation	2006
Qwensel House	Turku	Pharmacy	1958
Raahe Museum	Raahe	History	1862
Radio and TV Museum (Lahti, Finland)	Lahti	Media	1993
Rauma Maritime Museum	Rauma	Maritime	2004
	Rauma	History	1891
RIISA- Orthodox Church Museum of Finland	Kuopio	Religion	1957
	Pori	Industry	2006
Rupriikki Media Museum	Tampere	Media	2001
Salpa Line Museum	Miehikkälä	Military, open-air museum	1987
Savo Railway Museum	Pieksämäki	Railway	1989
Seurasaari	Helsinki	Open-air museum	1909
Spy Museum	Tampere	Espionage	1998
Tampere Lenin Museum	Tampere	History	1946
Turkansaari	Oulu	Open-air museum	1961
Verla	Kouvola	Open-air museum, industry	1972
Åland Maritime Museum	Mariehamn	Maritime	1954
Åland Museum	Mariehamn	History, art	1963

Historic house museums[]

Name	Location	Dedicated to	Established
	Järvenpää	Juhani Aho, Venny Soldan-Brofeldt	1997
Ainola	Järvenpää	Jean Sibelius	1974
	Tuusula	Aleksis Kivi	1908
	Hämeenlinna	Jean Sibelius	1965
	Helsinki	Alexander Wickholm	1980
	Tuusula	Pekka Halonen	1977
Hvitträsk	Kirkkonummi	Eliel Saarinen	1971
Imperial fishing lodge	Kotka	Alexander III of Russia	1933
Kalela	Ruovesi	Akseli Gallen-Kallela	1965
	Pielavesi	Urho Kekkonen	1966
Louhisaari Manor	Masku	Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim	1967
Mannerheim Museum	Helsinki	Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim	1951
Marela	Rauma	Gabriel Granlund	1979
Studio Aalto	Helsinki	Alvar Aalto
Tamminiemi	Helsinki	Urho Kekkonen	1987
Tarvaspää	Espoo	Akseli Gallen-Kallela	1961
Villa Aalto	Helsinki	Alvar Aalto	1998
Villa Kokkonen	Järvenpää	Joonas Kokkonen	1998
	Valkeakoski	Emil Wikström	1967

References[]

^ "Report on the situation of libraries, museums and archive". Archived from the original on 2013-08-07. The total number of library units was 1471. The total number of museums in Finland is 280, of which 139 are cultural history museums, 71 special museums, 55 art museums and 17 natural history museums.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Museums and cultural heritage in the state administration Archived 2014-09-03 at the Wayback Machine Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
^ Museums & Galleries Discovering Finland. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
^ Specialized museums Archived 2009-03-06 at the Wayback Machine Museot.fi. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
^ Valtakunnalliset erikoismuseot; Selvitys erikoismuseojärjestelmän tilasta ja tulevaisuudesta Archived 2014-09-03 at the Wayback Machine Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture (in Finnish). Retrieved 29 August 2014.

External links[]

Finnish Museums Association

[finlandcordis-1] "Report on the situation of libraries, museums and archive". Archived from the original on 2013-08-07. The total number of library units was 1471. The total number of museums in Finland is 280, of which 139 are cultural history museums, 71 special museums, 55 art museums and 17 natural history museums.

[edu-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Museums and cultural heritage in the state administration Archived 2014-09-03 at the Wayback Machine Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture. Retrieved 29 August 2014.

[discover-3] Museums & Galleries Discovering Finland. Retrieved 29 August 2014.

[4] Specialized museums Archived 2009-03-06 at the Wayback Machine Museot.fi. Retrieved 29 August 2014.

[5] Valtakunnalliset erikoismuseot; Selvitys erikoismuseojärjestelmän tilasta ja tulevaisuudesta Archived 2014-09-03 at the Wayback Machine Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture (in Finnish). Retrieved 29 August 2014.

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