Vehoniemen automuseo
Vehoniemi Car Museum on Vehoniemenharju has free admission to the exhibition of roadworthy museum vehicles, and the site has a café and a lookout tower.
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About the museum
The Vehoniemi Car Museum opened to the public in spring 1983 in the Vehoniemenharju nature reserve in Kangasala. It was founded by Lilja and Olavi Sallinen of Kangasala, whose family had been pursuing old vehicles since the 1950s. As the collection grew, the dream of a museum of their own arose, and a ridge that had been a well-known destination for motoring trips already since the 1920s was found as the location.
The museum was renovated in a refurbishment and new-build project completed in 2019, the most visible part of which is the café. Today the museum is run by the Sallinen family's daughter Leila Suutarinen and her daughter Pauliina Suutarinen.
In addition to the collections of the museum and the Sallinen family, the exhibition includes vehicles from individual enthusiasts, associations and foreign collections. The exhibition changes constantly and is sometimes built around themes. The vehicles on display are still roadworthy. In the motorcycle section, cooperation is carried out with the Veteraanimoottoripyöräklubi ry (Veteran Motorcycle Club).
Highlights
- Free admission to the exhibition of roadworthy museum vehicles
- Motorcycle section in cooperation with the Veteraanimoottoripyöräklubi (Veteran Motorcycle Club)
- Guided Retket autojen historiaan (Trips into the History of Cars) tours
- Lookout tower built in 1927 with views over Lake Roine and Lake Längelmävesi
- Café known for its spoon doughnuts (lusikkamunkki)
- Founded
- 1983
- Operated by
- Vehoniemen Automuseo
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
| Children & teens | free |
|---|---|
| Groups | –Admission to the exhibition is also free for groups. Guided tours must be booked in advance, and the guided tour is free if the group uses the café's services. |
Admission to the exhibition and to the lookout tower is free.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible
- Elevator: no information
- Accessible restroom: no information
- Accessible parking: no information
- Service dogs welcome: no information
- Tactile models & exhibits: no information
- Sign language tours: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description: no information
After the renovation the museum is accessible without steps, for example for visitors who use wheelchairs. Wheelchairs and rollators are available for museum visitors.
Kids & families
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Getting there & parking
The museum is located in the Vehoniemenharju nature reserve in Kangasala. The area has a 13-metre-high lookout tower built in 1927, from which there is a view over Lake Roine and Lake Längelmävesi.
Get directionsAmenities & dining
- Café
- Museum shop
The café is known for its spoon doughnuts and white chocolate cake, and it also offers baked goods for special diets. The museum shop sells, among other things, scale models of cars, toy cars, porcelain decorated in Kangasala and car books. The café is entered through the glazed terrace.
Events & venue rental
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | The guided Retket autojen historiaan (Trips into the History of Cars) tours tell the stories of the exhibition vehicles. Group guided tours must be booked in advance, and by arrangement groups can also visit outside opening hours. |
