Salpa Line Museum

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Salpalinja-museo
The Salpa Line Museum
Музей линии "Салпа"
Salpaline machinegun bunker.jpg
Established1987
LocationSäästöpirtintie 70, FI-49700 MIEHIKKÄLÄ, Finland
60°39.043′N 27°41.566′E / 60.650717°N 27.692767°E / 60.650717; 27.692767[1]Coordinates: 60°39.043′N 27°41.566′E / 60.650717°N 27.692767°E / 60.650717; 27.692767[1]
Typea military historical museum related the engineer corps of Finland and the Continuation War.
Visitors5,000 annually
DirectorAnu Haapala, director of the museums of the Miehikkala municipality (Miehikkälän museot)
Websitehttp://www.salpakeskus.fi/index.php?l=1&path=1,0,0
languages of correspondence: English and Finnish
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The Salpa Line Museum (Finnish: Salpalinja-museo, Russian: Музей линии "Салпа") was established and opened in 1987 by the Miehikkälä municipality and World War II veteran organisations. It is the first museum established belonging to the museums of Miehikkälä. The other museum is Miehikkälän kotiseutumuseo, the Miehikkala local arts-and-crafts museum, which was established in 1989 and is in the same building as the Engineers Museum.[2]

The Salpa Line Museum is the core of the . It is both the tourist information centre of the Salpa Line Museum, the Engineer Museum and the Bunker Museum and the Salpa Line Museum centre itself.

The area around was built as a defence line and the defence centre of an infantry company in 1940-1944. It was never used for defence as the front line never reached the area due to the truce of 5 September 1944 and the Moscow Armistice of 19 September 1944.

Some of the preserved Salpa Line areas are classified by Finland's National Board of Antiquities [3] to the (Valtakunnallisesti merkittävät rakennetut kulttuuriympäristöt – Byggda kulturmiljöer av riksintresse1). The territory of the Salpa Line Museum belongs to the one of the four such areas in Miehikkälä: Kylmälä,[4] Miehikkälä municipal cente,[5] Muurula [6] and Myllylampi.[7]

Exhibits[]

Due to the nature of the museum, most collections are located outside in the woods. Some bunkers from World War II remain. Outside the museum centre building, there are several anti-tank guns.

Object # Military use WGS 84 Description
321 , machine gun shooting and accommodation for a half infantry platoon, for 20 soldiers
322 for a platoon, for 40 soldiers   economy model
385 accommodation for 20 soldiers  
327 for 20 soldiers  
326 and accommodation for 20 soldiers
360 with a 7.5 cm Panzerabwehrkanone 40[8]   an open restored 75 mm anti-tank gun nest

Gallery[]

Open hours[]

Month Weekday Hours
May Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 10-18
June Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 10-18
July Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 10-18
August Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 10-18
September Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 10-18 [10]

References[]

  1. ^ http://maps.navici.com/112/?lang=en
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-17. Retrieved 2012-04-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Museovirasto (En-US)".
  4. ^ http://www.rky.fi/read/asp/r_kohde_kartta.aspx?KOHDE_ID=2021&OBJECTID=24716
  5. ^ http://www.rky.fi/read/asp/r_kohde_kartta.aspx?KOHDE_ID=2021&OBJECTID=25112
  6. ^ http://www.rky.fi/read/asp/r_kohde_kartta.aspx?KOHDE_ID=2021&OBJECTID=25113
  7. ^ http://www.rky.fi/read/asp/r_kohde_kartta.aspx?KOHDE_ID=2021&OBJECTID=24705
  8. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-08-04. Retrieved 2012-04-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ^ http://tuomovirtanen.kuvat.fi/kuvat/Linnat+ja+linnoitukset/salpalinja-museo+miehikk%E4l%E4+tv20090523_006.jpg/web
  10. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-17. Retrieved 2012-04-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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