Karuna Church
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Seurasaari Open-Air Museum
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When:
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15 May - 15 Sep 2008 (annual)
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Where:
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Seurasaari Open-Air Museum
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| Costs: |
€6; concessions €4; under 18s free
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| Opening Hours: |
15 May-31 May: Mon-Fri 9am-3pm; Sat & Sun 11am-5pm
1 Jun-31 Aug: 11am-5pm (until 7pm Wed)
1 Sep-15 Sep: Mon-Fri 9am-3pm; Sat-Sun 11am-5pm
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The Seurasaari Open-Air Museum sits on a beautiful green island just a few kilometres from the heart of Helsinki. The traditional Finnish way of life is displayed in the cottages, farmsteads and manors of the past four centuries.
The museum was founded in 1909. All the different provinces of Finland are represented in the well-preserved old buildings (86 of them) which give an overall view of Finnish countryside life from the 18th to the 20th centuries. The Niemelä tenant farm from Central Finland and the Antti farmstead from south-western Finland form complete environments, with all of the original outbuildings intact.
The life of the rural gentry is illustrated by the wooden church from Karuna (1686), the Kahiluoto Manor House from south-western Finland and the parsonage from Iisalmi. The museum also includes a Country Shop and several farmhouses and smaller cottages such as the Kurssi and Ivars houses from Ostrobothnia, the Selkämä house from eastern Finland, the Halla house from north-eastern Finland, and the Pertinotsa house from Karelia.
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