Jan Karlsgården
An open-air museum at Kastelholm with about twenty Åland buildings from the 19th century, and free admission.
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About the museum
The Jan Karlsgården open-air museum was founded in the 1930s and was named after the farm Jan Karls in Finström, from which the main farmhouse comes. The museum shows how an Åland farm may have looked in the second half of the 19th century.
Today there are some twenty buildings on the site, all moved here from different parts of Åland. Together they give a picture of Åland’s building and domestic culture and of the surroundings in which Ålanders lived and worked.
The museum holds activities in both summer and winter. Craft days are held every Wednesday in July, and since the 1940s it has been a tradition to raise a midsummer pole here on Midsummer Eve. The annual Lillajul market is Åland’s largest Christmas market.
Highlights
- About twenty buildings from different parts of Åland
- Free admission; the site can be visited outside opening hours
- Craft days every Wednesday in July
- Midsummer pole on Midsummer Eve
- Åland’s largest Christmas market
Permanent exhibition
- Friluftsmuseet Jan Karlsgården – Some twenty moved buildings show Åland building and domestic culture in the second half of the 19th century.
- Founded
- 1931
- Operated by
- Ålands landskapsregering (Ålands museum)
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Admission is free.
Accessibility
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Kids & families
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Getting there & parking
By car
Free parking
Free parking with no time limit is available near Jan Karlsgården, Kastelholm Castle and Vita Björn. The largest car park is below Vita Björn, opposite the restaurant Smakbyn.
Jan Karlsgården is located in the Kastelholm museum area in Sund.
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