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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 church of the former Franciscan monastery was built probably between 1515 and 1520. It is located in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Old Rauma. The church stands by the small stream of Raumanjoki (Rauma river).
The exact age of the Church of the Holy Cross is unknown, but it was built to serve as the monastery church of the Rauma Franciscan Friary. The monastery had been established in the early 15th century and a wooden church was built on this location around the year 1420.
The Church of the Holy Cross served the monastery until 1538, when it was abandoned for a hundred years as the Franciscan friary was disbanded in the Swedish Reformation. The church was re-established as a Lutheran church in 1640, when the nearby Church of the Holy Trinity was destroyed by fire.
The choir of the two-aisle grey granite church features medieval murals and frescoes. The white steeple of the church was built in 1816 and has served as a landmark for seafarers.