Porlammin kotiseutumuseo
The Porlammin kotiseutumuseo presents the village’s history in the buildings of the Makasiini area, with a school museum and the Sirén farm museum as satellite sites.
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About the museum
The Porlammin kotiseutumuseo was founded on 1 July 1943, when Elli Marttila-Ahonen proposed at a board meeting of the local youth association that a local heritage museum be founded in Porlammi. The proposal was accepted at once, and the museum’s inauguration celebration was held on 25 July of the same year. The first exhibition space was built in the attic of Soihtula, and objects were collected from villagers’ homes.
Today the museum’s object collections are gathered in four buildings in the Makasiini area, three of which have open exhibition spaces. Over time the area has developed to meet the village’s needs, and it includes the old storehouse (makasiini), the village smithy and a bus garage from the 1930s. Behind the storehouse a former salt pond has been excavated and a campfire site made. The buildings contain machines, furniture, household tools, workshop tools and horse-drawn vehicles.
The museum’s collections include an extensive photo collection, the gem of which is 780 glass negatives: Juho Pessala photographed from the early 1910s until 1955. More than 3,000 photographs have been scanned into digital form. The museum also has two satellite sites: a school museum and the Sirén farm museum.
Highlights
- Old tools, household objects and horse-drawn vehicles in the Makasiini area
- Village smithy and 1930s bus garage
- Juho Pessala’s photographs and glass negatives
- Satellite sites: school museum and Sirén farm museum
- No admission fee
Permanent exhibition
- Makasiinin alueen kokoelmat – The buildings of the Makasiini area contain machines, furniture, household tools, shoes, workshop tools from different trades and horse-drawn vehicles. The area also has a village smithy and an old bus garage.
- Founded
- 1943
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
No admission fee.
Accessibility
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Kids & families
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Getting there & parking
The Makasiini area is at Kievarintie 27. The Sirén farm museum is about half a kilometre from the museum area.
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | Sites are also shown by arrangement; contact by email or phone using the contact details on the museum’s website. Photographs in the museum’s collections can be viewed, and old photographs of Porlammi can be donated to the collection. |
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