Kärkölän kotiseutumuseo

About the museum

The Kärkölä local heritage museum is located in Huovila Park in the Kärkölä church village, and it is run by the Kärkölä-seura ry association, founded in 1950, through voluntary work. The association has moved buildings to the museum area, looks after the collection, leads guided tours on summer weekends and organises events together with the municipality.

The museum area includes 14 buildings that have been moved to their present sites from elsewhere; apart from the smoke sauna and the cowshed, they come from the Kärkölä area. The main building is the old main building of Maijala, moved from Marttila village, whose oldest parts date from the 18th century. The farmyard has storehouses of different ages, a smoke sauna, a cowshed, a grain storehouse, a threshing barn, a forge and a syytinki cottage, as well as a windlass well and a wind engine. The newest building moved to the museum area is the Veijalainen shop storehouse, brought from Järvelä, whose erection was completed in autumn 2007. The former shop building houses a café in summer.

Highlights

• 14 relocated buildings in a traditional farmyard
• Old Maijala main building from the 18th century
• Smoke sauna, threshing barn, forge and syytinki cottage
• Café on the museum grounds in summer
• Huovila’s landscape park in English style

Permanent exhibition

• Kärkölän kotiseutumuseo – The 14 buildings of the museum area display objects of everyday farm life from the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Operated by

Kärkölä-seura ry

Admission & discounts

The Huovila charge of €7 per day includes admission to the park, the exhibitions and the museum in summer, Wednesday to Sunday, 11:00–19:00. The fee can be paid at the café or with MobilePay.

Accessibility

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Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

Huovila park is easiest to reach from the direction of Järveläntie: turn onto Lemmenkuja, follow Pihtakuja to the first junction, turn right and almost immediately left onto Museontie.

Amenities & dining

• Café
• Museum shop

At the café and information point in the museum yard (Museontie 17) there are small snacks, handicrafts and souvenirs in summer.

Events & venue rental

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