This relatively small, specialised museum is right next door to the better-known glass-museum - but... read more
This relatively small, specialised museum is right next door to the better-known glass-museum - but... read more
The Hunting Museum of Finland has very good collection of hunting tools. If you are interested in... read more
For some people this museum might be of interest and there were a few exhibits that were OK but the biggest negative for me was the room of hunting trophies, from Africa and elsewhere around the world. I don't see the point in celebrating needless slaughter of animals.
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The trophy collection is rising the most contradictory reactions among our visitors. Our mission is to collect, to study, to preserve, and to display Finnish hunting culture, past and present. Lately, trophy hunting and traveling abroad for hunting have become a part of that culture. The collection is a great place to introduce local school classes and guided visitor groups to non-native animals and also principles of nature conservation (including hunting among other means) but also of the ethics of trophy hunting and hunting in general. We have to admit that for non-guided independent visitors the trophy collections won't open all these aspects in present shape. We are working on that and hope to apply more diverse approach when the collection shall be opened in new hall in January 2014.
Sorry but this looks like it has had no investment for many years - not the most exciting place to visit
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Knowing the fact you brought up in your review, we have started renewing our permanent exhibtions in 2011. The first new section of the new permanent exhibition - 'Thrill of the Hunt' - was opened in February 2013. The section displays moose hunting and major changes in the Finnish hunting culture in last 100 years. Right now we are working on second phase - our trophy collection. It should be open in new hall in January 2014. Renewal process shall continue until 2015 with a new gun hall and a historical section displaying history of hunting in Finland from stone age to present.
After you visited the Glass Museum which is next door, you can visit this museum at a reduced price.
The museum is very professional and has a huge variety of Taxidermies and hunting tools.
It is a monument of ruining the nature by the human specy.
I wouldn't take there young children unless you want them to be vegetarians.
To be fair I should mention that for the right people it is worth a visit.