The Sagalund Museum

Kimitoön, Finland

The Sagalund Museum is one of the oldest and largest open-air museums in Finland. It consists of 26 historically valuable buildings with about 70 authentic room interiors. Among them are a courthouse from the 18th century and an old school from1649. There’s also a library with e.g. studies of Linné.

References:

museot.fi

Address

Museontie 2-12, Kimitoön, Finland

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Details

Founded: ca. 1900
Category: Museums in Finland
Historical period: Russian Grand Duchy (Finland)

More Information

sagalund.fi
www.museot.fi

Rating

4.2/5 (based on Google user reviews)

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User Reviews

Andrzej Galuszka (2 years ago)
Good for kids, parents and grandparents...

Eric Lindroos (3 years ago)
Nice interesting place. We just had a coffee, but also lunch available.

Kari Likovuori (3 years ago)
Very nice display of an 50-100 year old farming and village community with an authentic buildings from that era. The kids liked an old resored school class. Very good quality lunch cafe at the site. Organized walks available.

Janne Laakio (5 years ago)
Mahtava lounas ,hieno paiķka

roger stark (5 years ago)
God lunch, intressant utbud av varor. Lönar sig att bekanta sig med och besöka utställningar och happenings.

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