Ostrobothnia Museum Day will be celebrated with open doors on 24 August

The participating museums will be open on Sunday 24 August 2025, with some offering on-site guides to share insights into the exhibits and the museum’s activities. Museums will also organise additional activities to mark the occasion. In Vaasa, the participating museums include Museum of Old Vaasa, Vähäkyrö Museum, Fyrry Tinsmith Museum, Vaasa Maritime Museum and Brage Open-Air Museum, among others.

The Ostrobothnia Museum Day is part of the European Heritage Days celebrations. The theme for 2025 is ‘Our Built Heritage’.

– Built heritage is showcased particularly well in local heritage museums and their surroundings. South Ostrobothnia and Central Ostrobothnia will hold their own Museum Day events at the same time, says Kaj Höglund, Provincial Curator from Vaasa Museums.

The first Museum Day in Ostrobothnia was organised last year and proved highly popular.

Museums participating in Ostrobothnia Museum Day:

1. Vaasa Maritime Museum, open from 13-16, pop-up café
2. Kaskinen Museum, open from 13–17, with a guide present. On display are films about the supercargo, Commercial Counsellor and parliamentarian Peter Johan Bladh, and provincial sheep farming officer Johan David Cneiff (1722–1791).
3. Kruunupyy Museums: Påras Chapel, open from 13–17, with a guide on site
4. Tolvmansgården Local Heritage Museum, open from 13–17, featuring an exhibition on local reed crafts
5. Teerijärvi Museum, open
6. Museum of Old Vaasa, open from 10–17
7. Kuddnäs Museum, open from 12–17, free admission
8. Bosund Boat, Fishing and Hunting Museum, open from 16–20, with coffee and additional activities
9. Lebell’s Merchant House, open from 11–14, with the merchant ‘Casper Lebell’ making an appearance
10. War Veteran Museum, Laihia War Veteran Museum Association, open
11. Närpiö Local Heritage Museum, Öjskogsparken, open
12. Korsnäs Local Heritage Museum, open from 13–17, with a guide available
13. Virgo Labourer Home Museum and miniature model, open from 14–16
14. Alkula, Old Vaasa, open from 13–17, with guide Marja Paukkunen sharing the history of the area
15. Hanna’s Cottage Vaasa, Gerby-Västervik Local Heritage Association, open from 12-17
16. Meteoriihi Visitor Centre, Sundom Vaasa, Söderfjärden, open from 12–18, guided tours of the exhibitions available. For admission fees, see https://meteoria.fi/en
17. Brage Open-Air Museum, Vaasa, open from 12–15
18. Nanoq, Pietarsaari, open from 11–18, free guided tours, https://www.nanoq.fi/en/
19. Koivulahti Local Heritage Association, open house at the Makasiini Local Heritage Museum from 11–15
20. Vaasa Museum of Labour, open house from 12–17, with guided tours
21. Pörtom Museum, open from 12–16
22. Brinken Museum, Maalahti open from 13–16, free guided tours at 13:30 and 15:00
23. Kvarken Boat Museum, Åminne/Maalahti open from 13:00–16:00, free entry, free coffee service
24. Finland’s Youth Association Museum, Laihia open
25. Torgare vicarage, Kruunupyy open from X–Z, waffle café open
26. Vähäkyrö Museum, Vähäkyrö, open from 13–16 At the Vähäkyrö Church Hill cultural area: Fyrry Tinsmith Museum, Local Heritage Museum, School Museum and Outhouse Museum. Visitors will also have the chance to explore the Sausage and Butcher Museum, opening in 2025!
27. Fyrry Tinsmith Museum, Vähäkyrö, open from 13–16
28. Vähäkyrö Church, open from 13–16, cantor Marika or pastor Jouni on site. Juice and biscuits served

 

Vaasa Museums serve as the museum with regional responsibility in Ostrobothnia. Vaasa Museums guide and support local museum activities and the care of cultural heritage in Ostrobothnia, including overseeing the use of grants from the Finnish Heritage Agency. There are over 100 museums in Ostrobothnia, most of them volunteer-run local heritage and open-air museums, but there are also specialist museums and cultural history collections.