The Suur-Savo Museum

Mikkeli, Finland

The Suur-Savo Museum is located to a stone granary that was built in 1848 to serve as the parish of Mikkeli’s municipal granary. The building has been used as a museum since 1960. The permanent exhibition of the Suur-Savo Museum contains items from the peasant culture in Southern Savo and artefacts that depict the history of the city of Mikkeli. In addition, temporary exhibitions are held, usually in their own facilities, although sometimes they are arranged elsewhere.

Reference: The Museums of Southern Savo

Address

Otavankatu 11, Mikkeli, Finland

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Details

Founded: 1960
Category: Museums in Finland
Historical period: Independency (Finland)

More Information

visitmikkeli.fi
www.etelasavonmuseot.fi
www.museot.fi

Rating

3.9/5 (based on Google user reviews)

Interesting Sites Nearby

Mikkeli Parish Church (0,3 km)
Mikkeli Cathedral (0,8 km)
The Headquarters Museum (1 km)
Savilahti Stone Sacristy (1,7 km)
Infantry Museum (0,6 km)

Kärnäkoski Fortress (53 km)
Mäntyharju Church (38,1 km)
Lyytikkälä Farm Museum (41,2 km)
Astuvansalmi Rock Paintings (31,2 km)
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Anttola Church (23,5 km)

User Reviews

Pirkko-Liisa Rautavirta (2 years ago)
An interesting museum, it was also nice to see familiar things from the early stages of my school days in the exhibition.

Kerttu Kolari (2 years ago)
A suitably small and compact museum. Museum card item. There were steps to climb, the destination is not completely barrier-free. The origin of the building remained obscure, the young guide did not know this. He was friendly by the way.

Nina Helenius (2 years ago)
A wonderful little museum, on three floors. There were old items in the two exhibition floors upstairs. Downstairs there was a history of Finnish schools.

Tapio Manner (3 years ago)
I was a little disapointed, the museum is not bad as such but shows but a small portion of the area it claims to cover.

Tarja Kuoppa (3 years ago)
Interesting artefacts ... But we missed the introductory texts for the permanent exhibition - There were none !!!

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