Hugo Simberg, Sheep Girl, 1913. Tampere Art Society collection. Photo: Museokuva. THE MUSEUMS OF 2015 2 SOUTH MUSEUM AND ART MUSEUM JOINT EXHIBITION

26 April 2015 – 10 January 2016 Barefoot: 10 Lives in the

The museums at the fortress of Lappeenranta will host an exhibition displaying various perspectives of the Karelian isthmus, opening in the spring. Barefoot: 10 Lives in the Karelian Isthmus is a joint exhibition situated in both the South Karelia Museum and South Karelia Art Museum.

The exhibition will be constructed round ten narrators. The narrators are real people. They represent various milieus and , various socioeconomic Leonid Andreyev and Anna Andreyeva in groups, women, men and children. Each the garden of the house at Vammelsuu. of them brings with them diff erent kinds Leeds University Library, Special Collections. of historical periods and events. They also bring a timeline to the exhibition which is organic and generational – not dictated on the State level or by political history. The individuals are new acquaintances to visitors to the museum and – presented in this new connection – they are surprising. They make a deep impression and rouse emotional reactions.

Each person and his/her milieu are presented in the exhibition by means of short biographical text together with Janne Muusari, From the Harbour. photographs, as well as a wide variety of South Karelia Art Museum. objects, related collections and works of art. As a result, the exhibition does not compartmentalize the style of narration in the manner of art collections and historical collections: rather, the various types of ”evidence” in the exhibition are able to complement each other. The exhibition architecture is also adventurous: the scale extends from robust artefacts to immaterial works.

Harppulinna villa (“Harp Palace”), Kellomäki. The ten narrators are completed by the South Karelia Museum. isthmus – above all, by the fates of the Terijoki villas (for instance, Harppulinna (the “Harp Palace”) and Penaty). The exhibition presents, in photographs, a few villas whose various stages make them ‘persons’ in their own right. The stages of the villas illustrate how Russian summer paradises were rendered after 1918 into tourist destinations for the Finnish middle class. The interests aff ecting the encounter between the two nations, land ownership and tourism were partly Practising: a smuggler on the Sestra (Rajajoki) River. parallel but also contradictory. Border Museum. 3

Väinö Rautio, A View from (Viipuri), 1919. South Karelia Art Museum.

As one part of the exhibition, “Kinolinna” Two narrators always share one (“Picture Show Castle”) provides the museum room. Two people and their visitor with the opportunity to view livelihoods, contrasts and connections photos, short fi lms, documentaries, provide new insight in unison in the fi ctional fi lms and multimedia as well as visitor’s mind. learn about the literature on the Karelian isthmus. The visitor can also record memories of the isthmus related to his/ her family or tell about a person from the Karelian isthmus who is his/her “eleventh isthmus”.

Matti Taskinen, Old Tree in Torkkelinpuisto Hilma Ylä-Outinen holds a sheep in her lap. Park,1936. South Karelia Art Museum. Photographer: Hugo Simberg, 1913. Finnish National Gallery.

Swimmers on the shores of Kuokkala, 1935. South Karelia Museum. 4

SOUTH KARELIA MUSEUM South Karelia Museum is located at Kristiinankatu 15, the northernmost tip of the Fortress of The Fortress of Lappeenranta Lappeenranta in a warehouse that was Tel. +358 5 616 2255 originally built as an artillery depot. The Tel. +358 5 616 2261 museum buildings are different from the neoclassical brick garrisons of the fortress, as they were constructed using local stone.

The ongoing exhibition Three Karelian relates the central chapters in the history of Lappeenranta, Vyborg, and Opening hours , which has been affected by Winter season: 2 January – 7 June their location along accessible routes on and 25 August – 30 December Tues-Sun 11 am – 5 pm the border of East and West. Like many border , multiculturalism has Summer season: 8 June – 23 August been the defining aspect of these three Mon–Fri 10 am – 6 pm cities as well. As Three Karelian Cities Sat–Sun 11 am – 5 pm is a large ongoing exhibition, it offers things to see and learn for more than Admission just one museum visit. Combination ticket for the Fortress Museums Adults €7 Pensioners, students, the unemployed €6 There is also a miniature model of Free admission to those under the age of 18 the of Vyborg in the ongoing exhibition. It presents Vyborg as it 10 March – 25 April was on September 2, 1939. There are Free general admission to the South Karelia screenings of films about the life in Museum: permanent exhibition opening Lappeenranta, Vyborg, and Priozersk hours. in the museum cinema. The aim of the Free admission on ’Museum Fridays’: exhibition is to provide information and Spring season: experiences concerning the history of 2 Jan, 6 Feb, 6 Mar, 10 Apr, 8 May South Karelia for all ages. There is also a Autumn season: 4 Sept, 2 Oct, 6 Nov, 4 Dec mini exhibition for children and a play area with Pekka – the toy barge. South Karelia Museum is closed on the following dates: 1 January, 3–4 April, 6 April,1 and 14 May, The collections of South Karelia 19–20 June, Museum include items and 6, 24–26 and 31 December photographs from Lappeenranta and the rest of the South Karelia , The Museum Shop is open during the as well from the Karelian Isthmus that opening hours of the museum. is now part of . The collections are showcased both in ongoing and changing exhibitions.

In addition to exhibitions, the South Karelia Museum organizes guided tours, various events and workshops. SOUTH KARELIA MUSEUM’S CHANGING EXHIBITIONS 5 IN 2015

Until March 1, 2015 Everyday Alphabet

Everyday Alphabet depicts the most ordinary things from A to Ö, the last letter of the Finnish alphabet. Twenty-nine alphabets provide the first letters to words that take the story of the exhibition to different places and times. In this exhibition, the visitors can try and test all kinds of things to experience and understand what life used to be like. The storyline of the exhibition is aimed at children and its protagonists are two siblings – a school kid and a preschooler. The exhibition is produced by The Finnish Labour Museum Werstas.

A shop from the 1950’s at the Everyday Alphabet exhibition.

Until March 1, 2015 The 80’s

This exhibition of photographic artist Sari Poijärvi an image of a colourful decade through the eyes of a photography student, photo journalist, and a photographic artist. It narrates the atmosphere of the 80’s and the emerging culture with its events, parties, clubs and countless peace marches. Through Poijärvi’s versatile art, the cultural turning point in Finnish photographic art can be detected, whilst the history of the 80’s photography is being made. The decade also witnessed the breakthrough of many Sari Poijärvi: Katarina Boijer, female photographers – Sari Poijärvi being among the 1986. first ones.

Sari Poijärvi: 80’s Fashion, Sari Poijärvi: Sam Yaffa, Michael Monroe / Hanoi Rocks, 1982. 1983. 26 April 2015 – 10 January 2016 Barefoot: 10 Lives in the Karelian Isthmus (see pp. 2–3) 6

SOUTH KARELIA ART MUSEUM Admission Kristiinankatu 8-10 Combination ticket for the Fortress Museums Adults €7 The Fortress of Lappeenranta Pensioners, students, the unemployed €6 Tel. +358 5 616 2256 Free admission to those under the age of 18 Tel. +358 5 616 2261

Free admission on ’Museum Fridays’: Spring season: 2 January, 6 February, 6 March, 8 May Autumn season: 4 September, 2 October, 6 November, 4 December Opening hours Winter season: 2 January – 8 March, 26 April – 7 June South Karelia Art Museum and 25 August – 30 December is closed on the following dates: Tues-Sun 11 am – 5 pm 1 January 7–16 January (change of exhibition) 9 March – 25 April (change of exhibition) Summer season: 8 June – 23 August 1 and 14 May, 19–20 June, Mon–Fri 10 am–6 pm 6, 24–26 and 31 December Sat–Sun 11 am–5 pm

The Museum Shop Sulotar is open during the opening hours of the museum.

The South Karelia Art Museum, which is the Regional Art Museum of South-Eastern , is located in the Fortress of Lappeenranta in yellow neoclassical barracks opposite the Orthodox Church. These yellow barracks were built in 1798.

Art Museum presents a versatile overview of artistic phenomena. The main focus is on Finnish contemporary art, but the history of art is featured regularly too in exhibitions of art from the past. One of the museum’s priorities is to showcase art from South-Eastern Finland, but every now and then international exhibitions are arranged as well.

The museum collection is primarily composed of Finnish art from the 19th century to the present day. The largest and the most important single collection was accumulated by Viipurin Taiteenystävät ry (Vyborg Friends of Art). The contemporary art collection focuses on art from South-Eastern Finland.

In addition to changing exhibitions, the Art Museum offers supplementary programmes, such as guided tours, events and workshops. Together all museums of Lappeenranta have a customer panel and a museum club. SOUTH KARELIA MUSEUM’S CHANGING EXHIBITIONS 7 IN 2015 Until January 6, 2015 Different Styles – Dialogues in Time and Space

17 January – 8 March 2015 Five rooms – Maija Helasvuo, Helinä Hukkataival, Johanna Ilvessalo, Anni Rapinoja, Anne Tompuri and Annu Vertanen

The Five rooms exhibition presents works of art by artists who have six individual voices and are of various ages. Despite the different kinds of materials, techniques and themes, these artists are united not only by their cooperation over the years but also their open-minded and frequently novel approaches to the use of materials and expression. Maija Helasvuo, Bundle (from the The group’s mutual presentation creates a combined series: Changing flowers), 2012. space and world where works of art and artists are Photo: Ahti Kaukoniemi. engaged in conversation.

Johanna Ilvessalo, Amongst the raindrops (detail), 2012. Photo: Jussi Tiainen. Annu Vertanen, Transition, 2012. Photo: Jussi Tiainen.

Anni Rapinoja, Natural lights Helinä Hukkataival, Never lazy at all (from the series (detail), series: The first one has to be Martta), 2014, 2014. Photo: performance intervention. Photo: Merja Tanhua. A. Rapinoja.

Anne Tompuri, Through the dense dark, 2013. Photo: Tommi Kähärä. 26 April 2015 – 10 January 2016 Barefoot: 10 Lives in the Karelian Isthmus (see pp. 2–3) 8 THE WOLKOFF HOUSE MUSEUM Kauppakatu 26, Lappeenranta Tel. +358 5 616 2258 Tel. +358 5 616 2261

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Winter season: The merchant’s house – known 7 March – 7 June and 29 August – 6 January since 1872 as The Wolkoff Sat–Sun 11 am–5 pm House – was built in 1826 by Summer season: 8 June – 23 August the businessman J. Claudelin Mon–Fri 10 am–6 pm on Kauppakatu Street, where Sat–Sun 11 am–5 pm Lappeenranta market square and Admission town hall also relocated to from Adults €7 the Fortress. After the Claudelin Pensioners, students, the unemployed €6 family in the 1860’s, the house Free admission to those under the age of 18 was owned by merchants Sotikoff, Sohin, Slasnikov and Žirjakov. The Wolkoff House Museum is closed on the following dates: Ivan Wolkoff came from Yaroslavl, 7 January–6 March, 19–20 June 6, 24–25 and 31 December, 1 January Russia, to Lappeenranta already in the 1840’s, but was registered Other times open on request in Orthodox parish only in 1856. Reservations Tel.+358 5 616 2261 He started his career as a gardener • Dramatized tours and a butcher before becoming • School and daycare groups a merchant in the Fortress with the Kuvšinov family, who came to Entrance on guided tours that start from the town in the late 18th Century the Wolkoff Museum shop: as serfs. In 1871, Ivan Wolkoff was granted Finnish citizenship and the right to practice merchant activity. Ivan and his wife Ljubov Tours are in In Russian and had ten children, of whom sons Finnish, audio English only during Mihail (1859–1901) and Nikolai tours in Russian summer Jun 8– and in English Aug 23 (1876–1912) took on their father’s business. The house on Times 10:45 only Mon–Fri Kauppakatu was inhabited by 10:15 only during 11:45 Nikolai and his St Petersburg summer 12:45 born wife Maria (1875–1933) 11:15 13:45 with their two children Johannes 12:15 14:45 (1900–1969) and Anna (1901– 13:15 15:45 14:15 16:45 only Mon–Fri 1983). During their time in 1905, 15:15 the house was extended with the 16:15 wing on the Ainonkatu Street. 17:15 only during summer Johannes studied agronomy and lived in his childhood home in connection with the Wolkoff House with his wife Martta (1902–1982) Museum, there is a small Wolkoff Museum Shop. and their five children. He was 9

responsible for the garden and the baba, kuliches, and Easter ornaments. Wolkoff farms. Anna completed an MA The fast ends on the night of the great in languages and lived in after Saturday, when the pastries and painted getting married. When her husband, eggs were first taken to church for MSc Techn Väinö Nissinen, died in consecration to be afterwards devoured 1938, Anna continued teaching in at home. The servings were left on show Imatra until she was given a teaching for visitors during the following week, post at Lappeenranta secondary and therefore the pastries were made in school. Anna is remembered as a abundance. legendary German and Russian The Easter ended on Ascension Day, teacher. until which the eggs decorating the icons and the consecrated willow The Wolkoff House was home to four branches stayed in place. generations of Wolkoffs until the heirs of Johannes Wolkoff decided to turn it into a museum in 1986. In addition to Christmas at the the shop, there are altogether seven Wolkoff House rooms and a kitchen in the house. Tues 8 December – Wed 23 December The museum was inaugurated in Sat 26 December – Wed 30 December the summer 1993. The former shop Sat 2 January – Wed 6 January 2016 is now a museum shop, where the guided tours of the Wolkoff home Christmas is celebrated at the Wolkoff start from. The annex in the backyard House following the traditions of now accommodates a restaurant, and Johannes Wolkoff and his family. A there’s a wine bar in the footing of the tree that reaches up to the ceiling main building. is decorated in the dining hall. The Christmas trees were brought from the Lavola farm by carriage loads and Easter at the they were donated to the Fortress Wolkoff House church, the parsonage, and to family Sat 28 March – Sun 29 March, friends. Flower baskets received as Tues 31 March – Thu 2 April Christmas greetings and the amaryllis Sat 4 April – Sun 5 April grown by Martta Wolkoff created part of the atmosphere. Although the The Wolkoff House museum is family followed Orthodox Church year decorated every Easter according traditions, they celebrated Christmas to the family traditions. Easter is Eve according to the Finnish ones. the most important celebration of Before them, present were given on the Orthodox Church year, and the Christmas morning, which marked Wolkoffs used to lay the small drawing the end of the fast and the start of the room tables with white tablecloths festivities that lasted until the Epiphany. and Easter delicacies, such as pasha, 10

THE CAVALRY MUSEUM The Cavalry Museum is located in Kristiinankatu 2, the Fortress of Lappeenranta in a The Fortress of Lappeenranta guardhouse built for the Russian Tel. +358 5 616 2257 garrison in 1772. The museum was Tel. +358 5 616 2261 founded in collaboration between the cavalry tradition detachment Opening hours and associations, and the City of Summer season: 8 June – 23 August Lappeenranta in 1973. Mon–Fri 10 am–6 pm Sat–Sun 11 am–5 pm The museum’s exhibition showcases Other times open by reservation the history of the Finnish cavalry starting from the Hakkapeliitta cavalry Admission men of the Swedish regime until the Combination ticket for modern day cavalry tradition. The the Fortress Museums exhibition focuses on the cavalry Adults €7 regiment posted in Lappeenranta. The Pensioners, students, the unemployed €6 first Finnish cavalry regiment founded after the (1808–1809) was You can also buy a ticket only for the called The Finnish Dragoon Regiment Cavalry Museum: (1889–1901). The regiment was Adults €3.50 located in Lappeenranta in the garrison Pensioners, students, the unemployed constructed exclusively for its purposes, €2.50 and its significance in the town’s history cannot be underestimated. Free admission to those under the After Finland gained independence, age of 18 the Cavalry Brigade was founded in 1921 uniting the cavalry regiments of Uusimaa and Häme. The dragoons and cavalrymen in their skeleton jackets and red trousers belonged to the Lappeenranta townscape from the 1920’s until the end of the 1940’s.

Cavalry soldiers over the ages. 11

GALLERY LAURA The South Karelia Museum organizes an Kauppakatu 25, Tasihin House exhibition at Gallery Laura each year. The Lappeenranta theme of the exhibitions changes from year to year, but is always connected to arts and crafts. 11 Sep–14 Nov, 2015 Women at Work Tel. +358 40 684 9554 Taito Shop Looking after the home is traditionally regarded as the domain of women, Tel. +358 40 838 6592 but many women have also impacted Enquiries on the exhibitions urban business life within the hand and cottage industries. In the autumn Free entrance 2015 exhibition, we’ll have a glimpse at what the working life of the women of Lappeenranta has looked like outside the home. Gallery Laura is located in the Tasihin House on Kauppakatu Street. The empire-style house was built between 1824 and 1828, and before the Tasihin family, it was owned by merchants Kuvšinov, Aleksandrov and Žirjakov. The Tasihins came from in the late 1890’s and gave up their delicatessen already in 1917. In 1979, they sold their house to the city of Lappeenranta.

The house was renovated in 2008 and now accommodates a gallery named after arts and crafts specialist Laura Korpikaivo-Tamminen, an arts and crafts shop and the local office of Finnish Crafts Organization. Employees of the felt factory at work. MUSEUM ADMINISTRATION Box 239, 53101 Lappeenranta Street address: Kristiinankatu 9 Tel. +358 5 616 2261 [email protected]

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