Elektroniikkamuseo

About the museum

The idea for the Salon elektroniikkamuseo (Salo Electronics Museum) arose in the early 1990s. In 1994 the city’s cultural department began to collect electronics products, production equipment and archive material, and the largest donors have been private individuals and Salo companies in the field. The collections also acquired the collections of the Mellilä Radio and Telephone Museum, as well as old telephones and televisions from collectors. Nokia Display Products, Nokia’s Salo telephone factory, Benefon and Salcomp have donated many products to the museum.

A permanent exhibition and collection space was obtained in autumn 2011 in the former Saloran TV factory, now the Astrum Centre, where the museum is a tenant. Exhibition activity began at Astrum in 2014 with a radio exhibition, followed by a television exhibition and a telephone and monitor exhibition in 2015 and 2016.

The Made in Salo exhibition complex tells of the development of communication, communication devices and the electronics industry from the late 1920s to the present day. It mainly features devices made in Salo, and the company stories of Salora, Mobira and Nokia are told through texts and audio guides. The museum’s collections include more than 11,000 objects and about 400 metres of literature and archive material in the field. The museum belongs to the sites of the Salon historiallinen museo (SAMU, Salo Historical Museum).

Highlights

• Made in Salo exhibition: radios, televisions, telephones and monitors
• Company stories of Salora, Mobira and Nokia with audio guides
• Game corridor where you can try old video games
• Manual telephone exchange through which you can connect a call yourself
• Accessible museum in the Astrum Centre
• Free admission on the first Friday of every month

Permanent exhibition

• Made in Salo – The exhibition tells of the development of communication, communication devices and the electronics industry from the late 1920s to the present day; on display are radios, televisions, telephones and monitors, as well as the game corridor.

Operated by

Salon kaupunki

Admission & discounts

Free admission: Free admission on the first Friday of each month.

Payment methods are cash, payment card and ePassi. The museum is a Museokortti (Finnish Museum Card) site.

Accessibility

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

The Electronics Museum has step-free access. There is an accessible toilet with a changing table in the premises. Assistance dogs are welcome.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Hands-on stations
• Baby changing facilities

In the game corridor you can try old video games, for example Super Mario and Space Invaders, and with the manual telephone exchange you can connect a call. Under-18s enter free.

Getting there & parking

Visiting address: Salorankatu 5–7 (Astrum Centre), door 3.

Amenities & dining

• Museum shop

Museum shop.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

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