Tarvasjoen kotiseutumuseo

About the museum

The Tarvasjoki local heritage museum is housed in a former loan granary beside the wooden baroque church with a tower, completed in 1779 in the village of Tarvasjoki. Construction of the granary was approved at a parish meeting in 1852, building work began in summer 1859, and it served as a loan grain store until 1968. The building has a solid stone foundation, and a gap was left between the log walls and the lining to deter theft.

A museum was already planned in 1954 in the Ali-Knaappi buildings at Kallela, but the project failed for lack of funding. A year later the municipality bought the Haavisto buildings, which represented the disappearing environment of 19th-century smallholders and craftsmen. Haavisto fell out of use in the 1980s when a road was built. The granary was thoroughly restored in 2002: the silos on the ground floor were opened with new doorways, and an exhibition space was created upstairs.

The permanent exhibition upstairs includes ethnographic objects as well as the merchants and travellers of the Härkätie (Ox Road). The ground-floor exhibition Ihmisten Tarvasjoki (The People of Tarvasjoki) tells the story of the parish from prehistory to the present day, of rural settlement, livelihoods and the everyday life of individual people.

Highlights

• Former loan granary beside the church
• Ground-floor exhibition Ihmisten Tarvasjoki (The People of Tarvasjoki)
• Upper-floor permanent exhibition of ethnographic objects
• Stories of travellers and merchants along the Härkätie (Ox Road)
• Café and museum shop

Permanent exhibitions

• Ihmisten Tarvasjoki – The ground-floor exhibition tells the story of Tarvasjoki from prehistory to the present day, of rural settlement, livelihoods and residents’ everyday life.
• Kansatieteellinen perusnäyttely ja Härkätie – The upper-floor exhibition presents ethnographic objects as well as the merchants and travellers of the Härkätie (Ox Road).

Operated by

Nautelankoski-säätiö (Liedon museo)

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Admission to the museum is free.

Accessibility

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Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

The museum is located in the village of Tarvasjoki, about 30 km from Turku. In summer there is no bus service directly to the museum; bus route L11 runs to Tarvasjoki.

Amenities & dining

• Café
• Museum shop

The café and museum shop are open during the museum’s opening hours.

Events & venue rental

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