Rakennuskulttuuritalo Toivo ja Korsmanin talo

About the museum

Near central Pori stand four residential buildings built before 1907, together with an outbuilding. Two of the buildings house Rakennuskulttuuritalo Toivo, which takes its name from the Toivo fruit juice factory that operated in the house between the wars.

The repair exhibition in Toivo’s old buildings leaves visible the repair phases of a log building in the rooms, showing repair methods, materials and interiors from the 1800s to the 1950s. Toivo advises owners of old houses on restoring their homes so that the good old structure is preserved. The house also has a small shop selling repair supplies for old buildings.

In the south gable of the Korsman House you can take a journey back in time to the imagined home of the Korsman family, a Pori family with two children, in the 1950s. In the flat of two rooms and a kitchen you may touch every object. In the north gable of the Korsman House, a new exhibition that changes every year opens at the start of the summer season.

Highlights

• Repair exhibition of old buildings
• Korsman House: a 1950s home where you may touch everything
• Repair advice for owners of old houses
• Free admission

Permanent exhibitions

• Vanhojen rakennusten korjausnäyttely – The exhibition shows the repair phases of a log building, and materials and interiors from the 1800s to the 1950s.
• Korsmanin talo – A journey back in time to a 1950s Pori home, where you may touch every object.

Operated by

Porin kaupunki

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Free admission. The Museokortti (Finnish Museum Card) is accepted. Guided tours by arrangement: weekdays between 8:00 and 16:15: €70; weekday evenings after 16:15 and weekends: €120; language surcharge: €20. For groups from the City of Pori education department and the Swedish school of Pori, admission and guided tours are free; other kindergarten, school and student groups pay €40.

Accessibility

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Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Hands-on stations

Toivo is not a traditional museum: you may touch everything, and in the Korsman House children and adults can get to know a 1950s home by touching the objects.

Getting there & parking

Toivo and the Korsman House are located near central Pori at Varvinkatu 19 – Juhana Herttuankatu 15.

Amenities & dining

• Museum shop

Toivo has a small shop for repair supplies for old buildings.

Events & venue rental

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