Tamminiemi has been connected to Finnish stately and administrative life for almost half a century and during the 19th century the estate was for a period occupied by the governor general. Since World War II, Tamminiemi has been used by Finland’s heads of state. Tamminiemi was the official residence of President Ryti (1940-1944), President Mannerheim (1944-1946) and President Kekkonen (1956-1981) and a scene for many political negotiations and decisions. Particularly during Kekkonen’s time, Tamminiemi became almost a concept in Finnish political life and language.

In spring 1987 the National Board of Antiquities was given the task to make Tamminiemi into the Urho Kekkonen Museum which also presents the history of independent Finland. The project was enabled by a contribution from President Kekkonen’s estate; the contribution included objects which make Tamminiemi’s interior and museum authentic and simultaneously tells the history of the house’s longest lasting host and hostess.

Olavinlinna Permanent Exhibition

Olavinlinna Castle Exhibition "If the walls could tell"

UPCOMING: Recollections – Textile Art by Raija Jokinen

The Riches of Häme, History of the Castle and Weapons Room

Knights’ Hall and the Tapestry

UPCOMING: Oceanista – Fashion and the Sea

Fateful Svensksund

North Star, Southern Cross

Cell of a ‘lover of men’

Stars for prisoners

The Prison’s permanent exhibition

Object of the Month

Historical collections

The independence era collection

Ethnological collections

Numismatic collections

Music collection

Collections of the Maritime Museum

The collection of the Prison Museum

Ethnographic collections

Finno-Ugric collections

Contemporary documentation

Contribute to the National collection

Conservation services

Research opportunities and collections services

Loans

Contribute to the National collection

Collection care

Provenance research

Finna

History