Raseborgs museum

About the museum

Raseborgs museum’s exhibition activities are in the centre of Ekenäs, at Museigatan 8. The museum shop, the café and the museum lounge are in the same building. On the museum grounds is the historic Borgargården with its outbuilding, which is open in summer and at Christmas time.

At the museum you can see the exhibition Helene i Ekenäs, a permanent cultural-historical exhibition that opened on 12 June 2026. It tells of the life of the artist Helene Schjerfbeck (1862–1946) in Ekenäs during 1918–1941 and presents works, objects, photographs and archive material on her daily life, her relationships and her work, as well as the trials of the wartime. The script was written by art historian Anna Kortelainen, and the exhibition has received support from the Svenska Kulturfonden.

The museum also includes the open-air museum Forngården in Snappertuna, Chappe and the collection storage Leira in Ekenäs. The museum is also the regional responsibility museum for Västra Nyland and acts as an expert on cultural heritage questions in the region. It was previously known as Museicentrum EKTA.

Highlights

• Permanent exhibition Helene i Ekenäs on Helene Schjerfbeck’s years in Ekenäs
• Borgargården with outbuilding on the museum grounds
• Museum shop, café and museum lounge
• The same ticket also applies to Chappe
• Free public guided tours for ticket holders

Permanent exhibitions

• Helene i Ekenäs – Cultural-historical exhibition on the life of the artist Helene Schjerfbeck in Ekenäs during 1918–1941, with works, objects, photographs and archive material.
• Borgargården – Historic Borgargården with outbuilding on the museum grounds, open in summer and at Christmas time.

Founded

1906

Operated by

Raseborgs stad

Admission & discounts

The same ticket is valid for both Raseborgs museum and Chappe. Free admission with the Museikortet (Finnish Museum Card). Admission is also free for, among others, teachers with their group, journalists, members of ICOM and ICOMOS, employees of professional museums, unemployed people, front-line veterans and Lottas, and people studying in Raseborg. Public guided tours of the Helene Schjerfbeck exhibition are free for ticket holders. Opening fee outside opening hours: weekdays €80 + €120 per hour; weekends €100 + €150 per hour.

Accessibility

• Partially wheelchair accessible
• Elevator
• Accessible restroom
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description

All exhibition spaces in the main building are accessible by wheelchair and pushchair; the accessible entrance is on the courtyard side (the main entrance). There is a lift, an accessible toilet and a changing table, and a rollator and wheelchair can be borrowed. The historic buildings on the museum grounds are not accessible by wheelchair. Service dogs are welcome in the exhibition spaces, and dogs are welcome in the café. The Leira collection storage is partly accessible and has no accessible toilet. The museum offers audio description.

Kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Stroller-friendly
• Baby changing facilities

Children and young people under 18 enter free. The museum offers educational programmes for schools and day-care centres.

Getting there & parking

The museum’s exhibition spaces, the Borgargården and the museum grounds are at Museigatan 8 in Ekenäs.

Amenities & dining

• Café
• Restaurant: not available
• Museum shop

Museum shop and café (coffee roasted in Fiskars, and pastries); in summer you can sit in the pleasant inner courtyard. The museum lounge can be used for relaxing, meetings or remote work. Tourist information is available in the museum, and in summer Visit Raseborg’s tourist information is on site Tuesday to Saturday, 11:00–17:00.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

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