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Kuokkala Museum Lane is located near the Kuokkalankoski rapids, about three kilometers from the center of Lempäälä, Finland. The museum area is jointly maintained by the municipality of Lempäälä and the Lempäälä-Seura association. The first museums opened in 1981, and today there are seven museums in total. A unique feature of the area is that the shop museum is housed in a former village store, and the blacksmith museum is located in an authentic smithy. The museum lane also includes a barber and hairdresser museum, a war veterans’ heritage room, and the traditional smoke cottage of Kustaa Puskema. The area also hosts the Sakkola Museum, maintained by the Sakkola Foundation.
Both Kuokkala Museum Lane and the Sakkola Museum are part of the "Museoraitti" network, which connects Finnish museums with an agricultural theme. The network includes private, association-run, and professional museums. What unites the members is a focus on agricultural artifacts and a desire to share knowledge and experiences with others in the same field. The network is coordinated by the Finnish Agricultural Museum Sarka. Kuokkala Museum Lane is also participating in a regional museum project for 2024–25, which involves several municipalities and is led by the Pirkanmaa Provincial Museum.
The museums can only be visited with a guided tour, which is recommended to be booked in advance. However, the shop museum may be visited without a guide if the guides are not currently leading a tour. Books related to the history of Lempäälä, as well as traditional Finnish treats like nekkus (syrup lollipops) and juice, are available for purchase.
The ancient Argos Theater was built in 320 BC. and is located in Argos, Greece against Larissa Hill. Nearby from this site is Agora, Roman Odeon, and the Baths of Argos. The theater is one of the largest architectural developments in Greece and was renovated in ca 120 AD.
The Hellenistic theater at Argos is cut into the hillside of the Larisa, with 90 steps up a steep incline, forming a narrow rectilinear cavea. Among the largest theaters in Greece, it held about 20,000 spectators and is divided by two landings into three horizontal sections. Staircases further divide the cavea into four cunei, corresponding to the tribes of Argos A high wall was erected to prevent unauthorized access into the theatron and may have helped the acoustics, but it is said the sound quality is still very good today.
Around 120 CE, both theaters were renovated in the Roman style.