Nilsiä Museum

Nilsiä Museum is a local museum maintained by the Nilsiä Tradition and Culture Association. It preserves, researches and exhibits cultural heritage related to Nilsiä. The exhibition collections include a wide range of artifacts, photographs, videos and audio recordings.

The museum first opened to the public at Simola Farm as a storehouse museum in 1977 and later moved to the main building of the farm, which also serves as the Local Heritage Center.

In addition to the museum's permanent exhibition, which is displayed in the center's main building and barns, the museum also assembles and maintains temporary exhibitions with changing themes.

The Local Heritage Center also houses the summer theater building of the Nilsiä Amateur Theater. The museum has a café and a small museum shop, which are open during the museum's opening hours.

Contact Information

The museum is currently closed, but open to groups by appointment.

The museum will be open again during the winter 2026 ski season from 14.02 - 05.04.2026 every day from 10 am to 2 pm.
If the skiing weather is not good enough until Easter, the museum will close earlier.

Location Address:
Simolantie 41,
73300 Nilsiä
Location at Map (Fonecta-map service)
Facebook: @nilsianmuseo

Email: nilsianmuseo@gmail.com 
Phone: 040 5289319/ 044 2403364

Opening Hours and Admission Fees

The museum is open during holiday seasons in late winter and summer, as well as year-round for groups by reservation. The group price for groups of fewer than 10 people is €50.

Admission fees: adults €5, children (under 12 years) €1.

It is recommended to reserve at least one hour for a museum visit.

Collections

The foundation of the museum’s extensive collection consists of objects related to the traditional peasant way of life in Nilsiä area, gathered during the museum’s early years. Since then, the collections have been complemented with items connected to sports, music, schooling, textile and handicraft hobbies, local religious life, and national defense history.

The museum's specialties include a replica of a woolly mammoth molar found in Tahkolahti in the late 19th century, the Toivo Kärki collection, artifacts from Finland's oldest brush factory, and the collections of the Eastern Finland Winter Sports Museum.