[our reviews] [navigation]

Roger writes:
Open 10-6 summer, 11-5 winter, every day
This is rather more sober than the Parola Tank Museum, and while it nominally deals with the history of Finland's artillery it also gives a more general military history of Finland during the twentieth century (carefully set up, one feels, so as not to offend the Soviets).
The museum is on three floors: the early days up to the Finnish Civil War and the Jaegers, the Winter and Continuation Wars (including a special exhibition to General Nehonen, who more or less reinvented Finnish artillery practice from scratch) and later days as well as special branches of service such as artillery intelligence, and other materials including a tribute to Marshal Mannerheim and notes on life in the Finnish army after World War II.
Outside are the gun yard (70-odd guns of various types, those strong enough to withstand the weather) and the gun hall (20-odd of the rarer and more fragile guns). As one might expect, quite a few of these are obscure Soviet pieces.
Most items are labelled in Finnish only, with major exhibits also in English, Swedish and Russian. The gun yard has no labels at all; a guide book may be a good idea.
If you are in the area, get a joint ticket with the Parola Tank Museum, which is only a few miles away.


OpenStreetMap - Bing - Streetmap


Artillery Museum of Finland Artillery Museum of Finland Artillery Museum of Finland Artillery Museum of Finland