Speciality museum

Virkki Home Museum, located in Töölö, presents everyday aesthetics from the 1940's and and 1950's.

MiniSuomi museum is located in Kruununhaka and it consists of 13 miniatures of sights from all around Finland.

Erkkola, a charming wooden villa, built in 1902 by poet J. H. Erkko (1849-1906), is one of the artists' homes open for public along the Tuusula Lake Road. Today Erkkola hosts events and small-scale exhibitions.

Music Museum Fame, located in Pasila, is an experiential museum showcasing Finnish music through various music genres.

A visit to Vantaa Agricultural Museum is a nostalgic journey into the colourful history of the old parish of Helsinge. The exhibits and insights into humble life create a vivid picture of the agrarian way of life in days gone by.

The birthplace and home museum of Aleksis Kivi (Stenvall), Finnish national writer, is located at Palojoki village in Nurmijärvi, the setting for The Seven Brothers and The Cobblers on the Heath. This house in which he spent his childhood was to remain dear to him all his life.

The museum is furnished as a historic 19th century home and some of the objects currently displayed in the museum are originally from the Stenvall house.

The Finnish Railway Museum, a national collection specializing in rail transport, is situated at Hyvinkää, about sixty kilometres from Helsinki. The museum presents the history of Finnish railways within the pleasing and authentic railway setting of the station and engine shed of the former Hyvinkää-Hanko Railway, a private line built in the 1870s.

The permanent exhibition, concentrating on rail travel, locomotive and rolling stock development, and railway occupations, is spread out in the various buildings within the museum grounds. The buildings include three exhibition halls, engine roundhouse, station building and railwaymen's barracks.

The Museum hosts several annual events and open days, mainly in the summer months when the visitors can enjoy the beautiful museum park.

Finnish Aviation Museum is a national special museum, which has civilian, military and glider planes and a wealth of other exhibits related to flying, such as engines, propellers, instruments, radio equipment and scale models.

Also museum shop and café.

Ainola in Järvenpää was the home of composer Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) and his family for over 60 years. It still looks exactly as it did in his time and has a large collection of works by his artist friends. The log building was designed by architect Lars Sonck and completed in 1904. Jean and Aino Sibelius were buried in the Ainola garden.

The Lotta museum is located at the Syväranta estate along the Tuusulan Rantatie, an area rich in cultural historical values. The exhibition tells about the work of the Lotta Svärd women's auxiliary services (1921-1944). Photos and artefacts and multimedia shows. Changing exhibitions.

Museum café Lotta Canteen is famous for its wide selection of products, friendly staff and nostalgic atmosphere.