SEURASAAREN ULKOMUSEO SEURASAARI OPEN-AIR MUSEUM Rural Finland in miniature!

TICKETS / INFO 3. GRANARY 9. KAHILUOTO MANOR 23. SMITHY Paltamo. The granary is one of the Taivassalo. The rococo style manor Espoo. One of the most common Open-Air Museum’s oldest build- was built by master builder Bertil duties of a smith was shoeing horses. MUSEUM SHOP ings. Its substructure prevents mice Lustig from Taivassalo in 1790, based There is a ring on the outer wall of the from getting inside the granary and on drawings by Carl Wijnblad. The smithy that was used to tether horses ensures that the floor is ventilated indoor spaces retain some of the for the duration of the shoeing. OFFICE to keep the grain dry. original structural parts but also al- terations that represent later styles. 24. SAWMILL 4. KURSSI FARMSTEAD Pernaja. The sawmill is from Sar- CAFÉ Kuortane. The main building of the 10. CHURCH BOATS vilahti Manor. The oldest records of Kurssi farmstead and the Sippola Luopioinen and Virrat. People often water-powered sawmills date back loft come from different buildings travelled to church in the summer to the 16th century. TAMMINIEMI MUSEUM located near each other in riverside using church boats shared by the villages. The two-storey main room village’s households. The largest of 25. WINDMILL was the centre of everyday life in the boats, the church boat of Virrat, Punkalaidun. The Finnish term for RESTAURANT the farmhouse. accommodated up to 100 people. this type of mill is harakkamylly, lit. magpie mill. The name comes from 5. IVARS FARMSTEAD 11. ALEKSIS KIVI’S COTTAGE the protruding beam resembling a FERRY Närpiö. The Ivars farmstead’s yard is Siuntio. The Finnish national author magpie’s tail that is used to rotate accessed by a driveway that leads Aleksis Kivi stayed in the cottage at the upper section of the mill around KAUPPATORI–SEURASAARI through a gate building. When Tsar least in summer and autumn 1863. its axis. in May Alexander I stopped by the Ivars farm- While there, he worked on com- 26. ANTTI FARMSTEAD 10.30 am / 12.30 pm / 2.30 pm stead, which served as an inn, in 1819, pleting his plays. This building is a CAFÉ Jun–Aug a decorative porch was prepared for replica. Säkylä. The Antti farmstead has a 10.30 am / 12.30 pm / 2.30 pm / 4.30 pm him and a room was decorated for him upstairs in the fashion of the 12. STOREHOUSES FROM yard that is framed by buildings on times. WESTERN FINLAND all sides. These types of farmsteads SEURASAARI–KAUPPATORI As was typical in Western Finland, were built from the Middle Ages on- in May 6. CHURCH STABLE the storehouses are situated in a wards in villages in Western Finland 11.30 am / 1.30 pm / 3.30 pm Kaarlela. Church stables could be row along a road. They were used that followed the open-field system. Jun–Aug found in parts of Ostrobothnia. Sta- for storing grain, clothes and tools. The first yard is surrounded on all 11.30 am / 1.30 pm / 3.30 pm / 5.30 pm sides by residential buildings, while 31 1 bles provided a resting place for the horses during church services. The 13. PERTINOTSA HOUSE the other is surrounded by animal housing. upstairs living quarters were used Suojärvi. The Pertinotsa house is as a space for changing into church from a region that Finland lost to the 27. ANTTI HILLSIDE STORE- clothes and sometimes to accom- Soviet Union in the Second World HOUSES AND DRYING BARN 3 modate visitors from far away. War. The building represents a type Säkylä and Siikainen. The hillside of house originating from Northern 2 storehouses was used for storing 7. NIEMELÄ TENANT FARM Russia in which the living quarters grain and tar. Because of the risk Konginkangas. The farmstead and cowsheds are located under the of fire, the drying barn was placed includes several storehouses, farm same roof. outside the farmyard. animal housing, a cooking hut and a drying barn. The Niemelä tenant 14. KAUKOLA CHIMNEYLESS 28. WINDMILL 4 farm is an example of a relatively CABINS Oripää. Mamsellimylly, lit. lady mill, affluent farm, which is indicated Kaukola. The Kaukola chimneyless got its name from its resemblance by the number of buildings. It is cabins that were relocated from the to dresses worn by gentry women. 5 also the first group of buildings Lutheran area of the Karelian Isth- The top section of the mill is turned 30 relocated to the Open-Air Museum, mus represent a very old-fashioned towards the wind with gearing. 32 and its relocation to Seurasaari in way of living. The small storehouses 1909 resulted in the founding of the in the yard were used for sleeping 29. SELKÄMÄ HOUSE Open-Air Museum. and storing food. 34 Pieksämäki. The Selkämä house is the home of a slash-and-burn farm- 8. KARUNA CHURCH 15. YUSUPOFF STABLE er. Originally, the main room of the Sauvo. Karuna Church was built Helsinki. The weatherboarding of 33 house was a chimneyless cabin. as the chapel church of the Sauvo the neo-Gothic style wooden stable parish. The Haapavesi poor man is painted in imitation of a brick 30. CHIMNEYLESS SAUNA 29 35 statue is situated in the bell tower. structure. Kangasniemi. The sauna has two The grave of the Open-Air Muse- rooms, and its stove was stacked um’s founder, Axel Olai Heikel, and 16. TELEPHONE BOOTH without mortar. On the other side his wife, Maria, is located in the Helsinki. This Swedish-made booth of the vestibule there is a hut with churchyard. is a 1912 model. A similar model an earthen floor where the washing was used in the centre of Helsinki at water was warmed. least until the 1930s.

31. HALLA HOUSE 17. LITTLE HELSINKI Hyrynsalmi. The residential build- The original plan of A. O. Heikel, the ing of the Halla house has a large 26 6 museum’s founder, was to show- 27 main room, three bedrooms and a case Kaivopuisto’s prospering spa kitchen. J. A. Heikkinen, the master scene from the 19th century, and of the Halla house and a member Little Helsinki is an homage to his of the Parliament, modernised 7 work for the museum. 25 agriculture and revitalised reindeer herding in the region. 18. FLORIN SUMMER HOUSE 8 Helsinki. The neo-Gothic style sum- 23 24 32. HAY CABIN AND STOREHOUSE mer house has the furniture made Nuorgam. The logs needed to build 22 of birch and the landscape wallpa- the hay cabin were transported pers of French origin. from the southern Finland, as 20 coniferous trees do not grow at 19. LEPPÄLÄ COTTAGE Nuorgam’s latitude. The cabin was 28 21 9 Loimaa. The Leppälä cottage is a used as a residence during the crofter’s cottage that was purchased haymaking season. for the museum at the beginning of 10 the 1980s. The farmstead also includes 33. BEAR CACHE a shed, outhouse and hop garden. Petsamo. The bear cache was built on the end of a tall tree stump to 11 20. COUNTRY STORE store game in a place where bears Savitaipale. The country store sold 19 and wolverines could not access it. everything that self-sufficient house- The bear cache was accessed by holds did not produce themselves. climbing a ladder. It also served as a post office, bank 14 and local news office, where people 34. COWHERD’S COTTAGE could catch up with the news. Maalahti. Cattle huts built on distant pastures were used for milk 13 12 21. SUMMER HOUSE processing and a place for the shep- Elimäki. The summer house is herd to stay overnight. from Moisio Manor. With its Doric columns, the summer house is an 35. IISALMI PARSONAGE imitation of an ancient temple. NEW MUSEUM SHOP Iisalmi. Parsonages were centres 18 22. MANOR GARDEN of cultural life in the region, while The park and paths surrounding their gardens, which grew useful the manor’s main building were an plants, played an important role in 17 15 important part of gentry culture and spreading horticultural influences a source of pride for their owner. and novelties. Manor parks were modelled after 16 parks in France and England.