Cavalry Museum

Lappeenranta, Finland

The Cavalry Museum is housed in the former guardhouse of the Lappeenranta fortifications, and dates from the 1770’s. The museum was opened in 1973. In the Cavalry Museum you can experience the fire of the fierce Hackapelites and succumb to the charm of the red-panted dragoons.

The Cavalry belonged to the Lappeenranta street scene from the 1880’s, when a garrison was built for the Finninsh Dragoon Regiment. Uniforms, weapons and numerous documents give a colourful picture of town and garrison life.

Reference: South Carelia Museums

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Address

Kristiinankatu 2, Lappeenranta, Finland

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Details

Category: Museums in Finland

More Information

www.gosaimaa.com
www3.lappeenranta.fi
www.museot.fi

Rating

4.2/5 (based on Google user reviews)

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Lappeenranta Church (0,5 km)
Karelia Aviation Museum (3,5 km)

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User Reviews

Oo Jii (3 years ago)
Small but nice. Good information about the cavalry in general and in Lappeenranta in particular

Antti Suontama (4 years ago)
Great little museum. Good videos

Timo Ruuskanen (4 years ago)
Great show

Jade Heng (4 years ago)
A small but well curated museum. The artefacts of the exhibition are interesting, even if they have not fully whispered to war topics. Fun detail: march songs (or similar) are played in the customer toilet.

R Etter (4 years ago)
A lovely little museum with a lot of interesting history about the cavalry. The museum could be expanded.

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