The Seurasaari Open-Air Museum
 The open-air museum of Seurasaari is located on a beautiful green island just a few kilometres from the heart of Helsinki. The island is a tranquil oasis in the midst of the city and at the museum the traditional Finnish way of life is displayed in the cottages, farmsteads and manors of the past four centuries that have been relocated from all around Finland.Seurasaari Open-Air Museum was founded in 1909. All the different provinces of Finland are represented in the well preserved old buildings and they give an overall view of Finnish countryside life from the 18th to the 20th century. At present, there are 87 separate buildings at Seurasaari Museum. The Niemelä tenant farm from Central Finland and the Antti farmstead from southwestern 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 northeastern Finland, and the Pertinotsa house from Karelia. The Seurasaari Open Air Museum is open from 15 May until 15 September |
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| Address: Seurasaari, FI-00250 Helsinki, Finland Tel. +358 9 40501 seurasaarenulkomuseo@nba.fi The museum locates in Meilahti, about 4 km from the Helsinki city centre. Bus number 24 from Erottaja, last stop at Seurasaari. Timetables: http://aikataulut.ytv.fi/linjat/fi/h24.html Next to the Seurasaari bridge is a limited area of parkingspace (time limit 4 hrs). Next to the sportsfield of Meilahti (about 500 m) is a large free parking area. |
Open: Seurasaari Open-Air Museum is closed for winter.We open again in May 2012. Entry fees: Adults 8,00 € Reduced ticket 6,00 € (students, senior citizens over 65 years, conscripts and groups more than 10 persons) Children 7-17 years 2,50 € Family ticket (2 adults and 1-4 children) 18,00 € Entry is free for those under 7 |