Telkkämäen perinnetila

About the museum

There has been a croft on the Telkkämäki site since the early 1700s. The Mustola family cultivated the farm until the 1960s, and the last slash-and-burn fires were lit in the 1940s.

Metsähallitus established a nature reserve in the area in 1989 and began traditional slash-and-burn in 1993. Turnips and rye are grown in the area, among other things.

The farmyard has a main building from the late 19th century, a cowshed, a threshing barn, granaries and a smoke sauna, as well as pastures. Most of the buildings are kept locked, but in the small room of the cowshed there is a small photo exhibition on modern slash-and-burn. The signs of the Rietulan kierto (Rietula Circuit) nature trail help visitors interpret the traces of slash-and-burn in the area's nature and landscape.

Highlights

• Traditional slash-and-burn every year
• Rye and turnip cultivation by traditional methods
• Main building, threshing barn and smoke sauna
• Rietulan kierto nature trail
• Events such as bird excursions, meadow excursions and a folk-song church service

Permanent exhibition

• Kaskiperinnetila – The farmyard presents Savo slash-and-burn cultivation and rural life; in the small room of the cowshed there is a small photo exhibition on modern slash-and-burn.

Founded

1989

Operated by

Metsähallitus (Luontopalvelut)

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Getting there & parking

The site is in the municipality of Kaavi. Those arriving by their own car are signposted in the church village of Kaavi and along the Kaavi–Juankoski road (no. 569).

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