Paltamon kotiseutumuseo

About the museum

The Paltamo local heritage museum is owned by Paltamo-Seura ry and operates in a three-storey building that was converted from the parish loan granary into a museum. The loan granary was built in 1910, and the museum opened in August 1962. The grain bins of the granary have been renovated into exhibition sections.

The museum collections consist of objects related to peasant culture, tools of various trades, and objects related to the history of the municipality and the parish. The museum also displays the interior of a travelling school (kiertokoulu), and on the upper floor there is a furnished Paltamo pirtti corner. The collection contains about 1,700 objects, mostly donated from the Paltamo area.

In summer 2011 a storehouse was moved next to the museum building; the Taavetti and Elsa Keränen estate had donated it to Paltamo-Seura. The storehouse was previously located at Leppälä in Härmänmäki, and with it the museum received around fifty objects from the Keränen family.

Highlights

• Former loan granary from 1910
• Travelling school interior and a Paltamo pirtti corner
• About 1,700 objects on peasant culture and trades
• Relocated storehouse with the Keränen family’s objects

Permanent exhibition

• Kotiseutumuseon näyttely – The three storeys of the former loan granary display objects of peasant culture, tools of various trades and the history of the municipality.

Founded

1962

Operated by

Paltamo-Seura ry

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The museum is located in the church village of Paltamo.

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