Welcome to explore our museums:
Eno Local Heritage Museum
Kesälahti Local Heritage Museum
Kiihtelysvaara Local Heritage Museum
Kompero Local Heritage Museum
Kontiolahti Local Heritage Museum
Nurmes: Ikola and Kötsi Museums
Outokumpu Mining Museum
Paihola Hospital Museum
Tähkä Liperi Rural Museum
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Eno Local Heritage Museum
Alapappilantie 3, 81200 En0
Tel. +358 40 741 44 11, enoseura@gmail.com
www.enoseura.fi/kotiseutumuseo
Eno Local Heritage Museum welcomes visitors in the heart of the beautiful village centre of Eno, nestled by the Pielisjoki River. The museum is housed in a granary built in 1853. The museum features, among other things, a ski exhibition, rural artefacts from the parish of Eno, and a display section on the Kaltimo cardboard factory. The museum yard also includes a cottage, a smoke sauna, a row of storehouses, an outdoor storage building, a milk platform, and a windmill.
Guided tours of the museum are available in Finnish and English. The Eno Society also offers guided tours in the village centre of Eno and in the wider Eno parish area, tailored to customers’ needs and various themes.
Open 29 June–24 July 2026, Mon–Fri 12–18 and by appointment.
Voluntary admission fee.
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Kesälahti Local Heritage Museum & Kyllikinpiha Home Museum
Photo: Sari Heinonen
Kirkkotie 9 & Norotie 3, Kesälahti (Kitee)
The Local Heritage Museum area is a rural courtyard dominated by a traditional Finnish smoke cottage (Savutupa), built in 1725 and the largest of its kind in Finland. The buildings and collections illustrate everyday life in Kesälahti from earlier times. A museum café operates in Myllytupa. The Kyllikinpiha Home Museum presents the life and work of Kyllikki Paajanen (1923–1990), a teacher, journalist and Local Heritage Counsellor. It includes her homes: Yökkömökki, furnished as a 1940s home, and Kummuntupa with her archives, photographs and personal items.
Latest information: @kesalahtiseura
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Kiihtelysvaara Local Heritage Museum
Mäkräntie 2, 82140 Kiihtelysvaara
kiihtelysvaaraseura@gmail.com
The museum and its green‑roofed outbuilding offer a diverse look at the local history and cultural heritage of the Kiihtelysvaara region through both permanent and thematic exhibitions. The experience is enriched with virtual content and a charming museum setting featuring productive gardens. An art exhibition is also on display.
Open June–August 2026
Wed–Sun, 11–17, closed on Midsummer
Admission: 2 €, free entry for children
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Kompero Local Heritage Museum
At Kompero, you can explore a local heritage museum showcasing traditional peasant culture, set in an exceptionally beautiful riverside rapids environment.
Opening hours:
18 June – 9 August, Thu–Sun 12:00–18:00, closed at Midsummer.
Admission:
€3, free for children under 15.
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Kontiolahti Local Heritage Museum
Keskuskatu 34 | tel. +358 50 441 7384
kontiolahtiseura.fi/museo
The Kontiolahti Local Heritage Museum is located in a granary built in 1871 on Keskuskatu. With nearly 800 objects, as well as photographs, sounds and stories, the museum offers a fascinating insight into life in Kontiolahti at the turn of the 20th century. New this season, the museum also features an adventure game for schoolchildren, providing an engaging way to discover local history.
Open Tue–Sat, 23 June–1 August 2026, 12.00–16.30
FB & IG: @kontiolahtiseura
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Nurmes
Kötsi Museum
Nurmes-talo, Kötsintie 2, Nurmes
tel. +358 40 104 5153
At Kötsi Museum, you can explore the history of the Nurmes region through a variety of exhibitions, as well as archival amateur films and short documentary films that shed light on local life.
The museum’s permanent exhibition covers Karelian evacuees, the Palm Roma family, the development of transport and commerce in Nurmes, and the cultural life of the area. The exhibition Strong Women of the Market Town, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Nurmes market town, is on display from 25 May to 25 September.
Opening hours: Mon, Wed 10:00–19:00 & Tue, Thu, Fri 10:00–16:00
Free admission
Ikola museum
Kotiniementie 2, Nurmes
Tel. +358 40 104 5154
At Ikola Open-Air Museum, you can immerse yourself in the atmosphere of buildings dating from the 18th to the 20th century. The smokehouse cottage and the Rantola house illustrate everyday life in the rural areas of Eastern Finland.
In the cowshed of the Ikola farm, exhibitions present the history of the Kuokkastenkoski ironworks, the development of fire services, and the activities of the Nurmes cooperative dairy. On display are animal-themed concrete sculptures by the artist Alma Pääkkönen.
The Vinkkeli storehouse houses Uddin kauppa (family Udd’s shop). The pygmy goats Opri and Jemi live at the end of the cowshed. The main cottage also features a summer café, a museum shop, and an exhibition on the history of the Ikola farm.
Opening hours: 15 June–7 August, Mon–Fri 10:00–16:00
Tickets: €8/€4 or with the Museum Card
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Outokumpu Old Mine and Mining Museum
Kaivosmiehenpolku 2, Outokumpu
myynti@vanhakaivos.com
www.vanhakaivos.com
The historical area of the Old Mine invites visitors. This summer’s exhibitions treat mine influenced water and ascend Keretti Tower with photographer Antero Tenhunen’s amazing photos. Concentration explored in the concentration plant. Experience the true conditions of mine work in the cool museum tunnel. Exciting mining machines around the area to examine. For kids, the LARGE playground Lasten Kaivos. With the Museum Card access to the entire area.
The Old Mine, Mining Museum and Mine shop open 1.6.-30.8. from 10 am to 5 pm (closed 19.6.-20.6.)
Questions, bookings and prices: 044 7559 223
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Paihola Hospital Museum
Sairaalatie 6a, 2 krs, 80850 Paihola
p. 050 411 0780, 050 571 9985
https://paihola.fi/aktiviteetit/sairaalamuseo/
Paihola Hospital Museum presents the history of the Paihola psychiatric hospital and psychiatric care from 1951 to 2016. The museum features artefacts, photographs, portraits, newspaper clippings, and a video presentation in which former hospital employees talk about their work (duration 30 minutes). The museum is maintained by the Paihola village association through volunteer work. Some of the museum guides are former hospital employees. A photographic exhibition of the village is also on display in connection with the museum.
Open on summer Saturdays from 12:00 to 15:00.
Voluntary admission fee.
Groups by appointment at other times as well.
Guided tour fee €20 per group.
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TÄHKÄ – Liperi Rural Museum
Koulukuja 1, Liperi
During opening hours tel. +358 50 341 8253, otherwise tel. +358 40 524 9275 or +358 45 131 5156
www.liperi-seura.fi
The museum area features several separate sites to explore: the permanent exhibition in Tähkä Hall, “Electricity – Power to the Countryside”, an agricultural museum and carriage shed, the Enwald Museum, Tuomela Cottage, the Municipal Cottage, as well as a pharmacy and hospital museum.
Changing summer themes:
• The Finnish Horse – a versatile companion
• Liperin Kokkoveikot present their activities
Opening hours:
16 June – 8 August, Tue–Sat 12:00–17:00, closed at Midsummer.
Guided tours for groups can also be arranged outside the museum season upon request.
Admission:
€5 (includes guided tour), children under 15 free, groups of 15–30 persons €50.
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