Rautalammin museo

About the museum

The Rautalammin museo (Rautalampi Museum) is a local culture-history museum founded in 1938 along the main street of the village. The museum began at Korhola manor, where Mrs Aina Peura (1872–1940), the wife of a commercial counsellor (kauppaneuvos), started collecting local objects in the servants’ quarters of the manor. Commercial counsellor Heikki Peura donated a plot, the funds needed for the foundation, and a forest property to support the museum’s upkeep.

The museum building has three storeys and was designed by the architect Toivo Anttila. The museum is run by the Peuran museosäätiö (Peura Museum Foundation). The collections contain more than 70,000 objects and documents, including objects of peasant and gentry culture, photographs, archive material and North Savo art.

The museum’s permanent exhibition tells of the past of Rautalampi and its surrounding areas, from prehistory to the Second World War. The open-air museum area includes a North Savo smoke cabin (savutupa) from the mid-19th century, storehouses, a windmill and the church boat Kuikka. The museum also has changing exhibitions.

Highlights

• Permanent exhibition on the history of the Rautalampi area
• Peura art gallery
• Open-air museum area with a smoke tupa, windmill and church boat
• Collection of more than 70,000 objects
• Museum shop

Permanent exhibitions

• Rautalammin reitin varrelta – The permanent exhibition tells of the past of Rautalampi and its surrounding areas, from prehistory to the Second World War. It is based mainly on the museum’s own collections.
• Ulkomuseoalue – The area presents the Savonian way of life through the smoke tupa, the storehouses, the windmill and the church boat Kuikka. Free admission to the area.
• Peuran taidegalleria – The museum’s permanent art gallery, with North Savo art from the museum’s collections.

Founded

1938

Operated by

Peuran museosäätiö sr

Admission & discounts

Free admission for children under 7, war veterans, school groups from Rautalampi, Museokortti (Finnish Museum Card) and Kaikukortti (Kaiku card) holders, museum staff, ICOM card holders and holders of a press card. Free admission to the open-air museum area.

Accessibility

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

The museum yard has open space where visitors can move around with assistive devices. The museum has stairs, but on request a stair lift is available on the outdoor steps, a stair climber on the inside stairs, and a wheelchair suitable for them. The wheelchair can be borrowed. Please let us know in advance if you need barrier-free access. The open-air museum area is on lawn.

Kids & families

• Baby changing facilities
• Playground / play area

Yard games such as croquet and mölkky can be booked from the museum for the open-air area.

Getting there & parking

Rautalampi is about 70 km from Kuopio and 100 km from Jyväskylä. From main road 9, turn off at the Rautalampi junction onto trunk road 69, and near the centre follow the brown signs.

Amenities & dining

• Museum shop

The museum shop sells exhibition-related products, books, and local handicrafts, honey and candles. Next to the museum is the Morton container restaurant.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

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