Talomuseo Glims
Glims is an Espoo farm more than 500 years old and a former coaching inn in Karvasmäki, which operates as a house museum.
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About the museum
Glims is an old farm in the Karvasmäki village of Bembölä in Espoo. The first farmer known by name was Peder Nilsson in 1540, and the farm operated as a farm until the early 20th century. Glims also served as a coaching inn (kestikievari) in the 18th and 19th centuries.
The oldest buildings, the log barn (luhtiaitta) and the main house, date from the 18th century. The Lönnberg family owned the farm from 1807 to 1950. The area was turned into a museum in 1958, and the museum grounds contain eleven original buildings still standing in their original locations.
The house museum belongs to KAMU Espoo City Museum. The museum holds craft demonstrations, guided tours and seasonal events, and in summer the farm's animals can be seen in the yard. The main building houses the museum shop, and there is a café in the lower yard.
Highlights
- Eleven original buildings still in their original locations
- Tupa building with late-19th-century living quarters and a coaching-inn room
- Living museum with craft demonstrations
- Permanent exhibition on everyday life on the farm and at the coaching inn
- Museum shop and courtyard café
Permanent exhibition
- Aikamatka espoolaisen maatilan ja kestikievarin elämään – The exhibition tells of everyday life on an Espoo farm and at its coaching inn in different eras.
- Founded
- 1958
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €6 |
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| Reduced | €3pensioners, students, unemployed people, conscripts and civilian servicemen, and people over 70 |
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 17 · Under-18s enter free. |
| Seniors | €3Pensioners and people over 70 |
| Visitors with disabilities | –companion free · Assistants, guides and interpreters enter free. |
| Students & apprentices | €3 |
| Groups (10+ people) | €3 per person |
Free admission: Every Wednesday all year round, and on Thursdays from June to August from 15:00 to 17:00.
The Museokortti (Finnish Museum Card) and Kaikukortti give free admission. Kindergarten and school groups and rehabilitation clients also enter free of charge.
Accessibility
- Partially wheelchair accessible
- Elevator: no information
- Accessible restroom
- Accessible parking
- Service dogs welcome
- Tactile models & exhibits: no information
- Sign language tours: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description: no information
Not all areas are accessible, as the museum buildings date from the 19th century and have steps and thresholds. A wheelchair or pram can reach the tupa building via a movable ramp; an electric wheelchair can only reach the vestibule of the tupa building. The main building has steps. The yard area is lawn and gravel path, and the entrance route to the lower yard is rather steep. There is an accessible toilet in the museum area. There is no induction loop. Information signs are placed at the buildings, and the museum can also be explored with a mobile guide and an online exhibition.
Kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 17 |
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Prams can reach the tupa building via the movable ramp. Kindergarten and school groups have their own programmes.
Getting there & parking
By public transit
By public transport the museum can be reached on buses heading towards Jorvi Hospital.
By car
Parking available · 50 m to the entrance
The museum car park is about 50 metres down a gravel road from the museum. During opening hours a free two-hour parking permit is needed, which is available from the museum shop. Along Glimsintie you can park for 30 minutes with a parking disc. Two accessible parking spaces are outside the gate of the museum area.
- Accessible parking
The museum is next to Jorvi Hospital. Dogs are welcome on the museum grounds on a lead, but not inside the museum buildings.
Get directionsAmenities & dining
- Café
- Museum shop
Café in the lower yard and museum shop in the main building.
Events & venue rental
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Public guided tours are held from time to time, for example on Sundays in November at 14:00. Guided tours can be booked for groups and schools. |
