Vehkalahden kylämuseo

About the museum

The Vehkalahti Village Museum is located in the village of Husula, in Vehkalahti's first elementary school building, which was completed in 1871. The building has housed a museum since 1960. The museum is run by the Hamina city museums.

The exhibition Reittien risteyksessä (At the Crossroads of Routes) leads visitors to the sea, the land and the forest, and presents village life around Hamina from the 1870s to the 1950s. In the old school there are things to touch and look at, from folk costumes that can be tried on to a coffee mill. In the functional classroom visitors can sit at the old desks of Pyhällö school or on the teacher's platform, and try counting on a bead frame, for example.

In summer the courtyard of the old school has garden toys such as a sandpit, hula hoops and stilts, and in the smithy a blacksmith from the Haminan Keskiaikaiset (Hamina Medieval group) sometimes hammers away. In the museum grounds visitors can walk the Tarinoiden Vehkalahti (Stories of Vehkalahti) checkpoint trail, and Finnsheep graze in the pasture. The village museum holds events and, in summer, art exhibitions.

Highlights

• Reittien risteyksessä exhibition: village life from the 1870s to the 1950s
• Old elementary school and functional classroom
• Tarinoiden Vehkalahti (Stories of Vehkalahti) checkpoint trail
• Garden toys and grazing sheep
• Museum since 1960

Permanent exhibition

• Reittien risteyksessä – The exhibition leads visitors to the sea, the land and the forest and presents village life around Hamina from the 1870s to the 1950s.

Founded

1960

Operated by

Haminan kaupunki

Admission & discounts

Free admission: Every Wednesday.

Admission is also free for war and peacekeeping veterans, conscripts and members of the Haminan museoiden ystävät ry (Friends of the Hamina Museums association). Admission tickets can be paid with the Kaikukortti, the Museokortti (Finnish Museum Card) and Epassi.

Accessibility

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

The museum grounds have an accessible outdoor toilet, and there are three accessible parking spaces in the courtyard (Kuninkaantie 3). The museum grounds are partly accessible: the buildings are reached by stairs and have thresholds, and the terrain is hilly. There are seats in the exhibition space.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Hands-on stations
• Playground / play area

The museum offers experiences for all ages: a functional classroom, things to touch, garden toys in summer and a checkpoint trail. Visitors may bring their own packed lunch.

Getting there & parking

In the museum courtyard (Kuninkaantie 3) there are three accessible parking spaces.

Amenities & dining

• Museum shop

The museum has a sales point.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

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