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Index  Museums and Castles Häme Castle Exhibitions |
Häme Castle houses permanent as well as temporary exhibitions. Terra Tavestorum (The Land of the Häme People) is a permanent exhibition which features archaeological artefacts found during more than 100 years of research carried out in Häme, and shows the prehistory of the area.
Other permanent exhibitions are ‘The History of Brick’, ‘The Treasure of Vaaraslahti in Pielavesi’, ‘Medieval Church Art’ and ‘The Restoration of the Castle’.
Timeless TreasureHäme Castle 15 May 2009 – 10 October 2010 Timeless Treasure is a silver exhibition produced by Häme Castle and Turku Castle in cooperation with Skokloster Castle and The Hallwyl Museum, Sweden, Koldinghus Castle, Denmark, and Kultakeskus from Hämeenlinna. The exhibition Timeless Treasure is one of the largest silver exhibitions in Finland. The exhibition features silverware from the collections of The Museum Centre of Turku, mainly from the 18th and 19th centuries, silverware from the collections of Skokloster Castle and The Hallwyl Museum from the 17th and 18th centuries and modern silverware from Koldinghus Castle. The aim of the exhibition is to highlight the long Finnish, Swedish and Danish silversmith tradition, and to offer an overview of the expertise of Nordic silversmiths. Kultakeskus, the local silverware manufacturer, contributes pieces by academic Tapio Wirkkala to the exhibition.
For more information about the exhibition please contact: Häme Castle Tel: +358 50 596 3556
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