Rauhaniemen museoalue
In Vanha Lossiranta in Sulkava there is an open-air museum area with smoke cabins, and a log drivers’ museum in an old log-floating cabin.
Have only individual sections read aloud
About the museum
The Rauhaniemen museo is one of the oldest local museums in South Savo. It continues the traditions of the museum founded in the 1930s in the church village of Sulkava, and today it is owned and maintained by the Municipality of Sulkava. The museum is a little under ten kilometres from central Sulkava and consists of an open-air museum area and a log drivers’ museum.
The main building of the open-air museum area is the smoke cabin of the Summala farm in Kyrsyänsalo, dating from the early 1800s. It was moved to the church village in 1936 as a local heritage museum, and in 1980 to its present location. A bedroom and a dairy room have been attached to the smoke cabin, forming a clover-leaf floor plan (apilanlehtipohja), which is rare in the province. The area also has storehouses, a smoke sauna, a cowshed and a stable. The buildings have been placed as they originally were at Summala, so the area corresponds to the state of a farm in the early 1900s, and the buildings are furnished in keeping with the period.
The log drivers’ museum is next to the open-air area, in a log drivers’ living room, that is, a log-floating cabin (uittopirtti), built in the 1850s by Metsähallitus. The living room was moved from Syrjäsaari in Lohilahti first to the area of Rauhaniemi school, and in 1995 to its present location. Its furnishings give a picture of life in the floating cabin in the 1940s and 1950s.
Highlights
- Smoke cabin of Summala farm from the early 1800s
- Smoke cabin with a clover-leaf floor plan, bedroom and dairy room
- Log drivers’ museum in a log-floating cabin from the 1850s
- Storehouses, smoke sauna, cowshed and stable
- Open-air area can be explored independently
Permanent exhibitions
- Ulkomuseoalue – The smoke cabin of Summala farm, the storehouses, smoke sauna, cowshed and stable are furnished in the spirit of the early 1900s.
- Tukkilaismuseo – The old floating cabin presents the life of log drivers in the 1940s and 1950s.
- Operated by
- Sulkavan kunta
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Admission is free.
Accessibility
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Kids & families
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Getting there & parking
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Amenities & dining
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Events & venue rental
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
