This is an incomplete list of museums in Finland. According to a report, the total number of museums in Finland is 280 (2013), of which 139 are cultural history museums, 71 special museums, 55 art museums and 17 natural history museums.[1] Circa 160 of these are run professionally. The central organisation for Finnish museums is the 1923 established Finnish Museums Association.
National central museums of Finland are the Finnish Museum of Natural History, the National Museum of Finland and the Finnish National Gallery which comprises three museums; Ateneum, Kiasma, and the Sinebrychoff Art Museum.[2]
| Name | Image | Location | Type | Established | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | |||||
| 1916 | |||||
| Finnish National Gallery | |||||
| 1887 | |||||
| 1996 | |||||
| 1921 | |||||
Finland has 22 regional museums and 16 regional art museums. They are responsible for promoting and guiding museum activities in their own area. The regional museum network was established in 1980 by the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture. The regional network covers the whole of Finland excluding Åland.[3]
| Name | Image | Location | Region | Established | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906 | |||||
| 1911 | |||||
| 1910 | |||||
| 1930 | |||||
| 1909 | |||||
| 1884 | |||||
| 1897 | |||||
| 1924 | |||||
| 1881 | |||||
| 1996 | |||||
| 1932 | |||||
| 1927 | |||||
| 1917 | |||||
| 1896 | |||||
| 1896 | |||||
| 1980 | |||||
| Lapland (excluding Torne Valley and Sea Lapland) | 1975 | ||||
| 1980 | |||||
| 1888 | |||||
| 1985 | |||||
| 1963 | |||||
| 1914 |
| Name | Image | Location | Region | Established | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | |||||
| 1952 | |||||
| 1998 | |||||
| 1962 | |||||
| 1947 | |||||
| 1980 | |||||
| 1950 | |||||
| 1976 | |||||
| 1964 | |||||
| 1896 | |||||
| 1963 | |||||
| 1979 | |||||
| Lapland (excluding Torne Valley and Sea Lapland) | 1983 | ||||
| 1965 | |||||
| 1931 | |||||
| 1904 |
Seventeen[4] National specialist museums are responsible for the storage, research and exhibition of the subjects on their own field.[3] The first specialist museums were named in 1992.[5]
| Name | Image | Location | Type | Established | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | |||||
| 1873 | |||||
| 1969 | |||||
| 1961 | |||||
| 1993 | |||||
| 2005 | |||||
| 1969 | |||||
| 1898 | |||||
| 1999 | |||||
| 1994 | |||||
| 1929 | |||||
| 1992 | |||||
| 1956 | |||||
| 1969 | |||||
| 1959 | |||||
| 1943 | |||||
| 1962 |
| Name | Image | Location | Type | Established | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | |||||
| 2018 | |||||
| 1882 | |||||
| 1965 | |||||
| 2006 | |||||
| 2006 | |||||
| align=center | 1992 | ||||
| align=center | 1928 | ||||
| 2007 | |||||
| 1970 | |||||
| 1979 | |||||
| 1945 | |||||
| 1967 |
| Name | Image | Location | Type | Established | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | |||||
| 1966 | |||||
| 1985 | |||||
| 2000 | |||||
| 1977 | |||||
| 1979 | |||||
| 1994 | |||||
| 1916 | |||||
| 2017 | |||||
| 1958 | |||||
| 1971 | |||||
| 2003 | |||||
| 1971 | |||||
| 1950 | |||||
| 1904 | |||||
| 1978 | |||||
| 2000 | |||||
| align=center | 1992 | ||||
| 1959 | |||||
| 1940 | |||||
| 2008 | |||||
| Industry | 1991 | ||||
| 1987 | |||||
| 2004 | |||||
| 1991 | |||||
| 1961 | |||||
| 2011 | |||||
| 2006 | |||||
| Päivälehti Museum | 2001 | ||||
| 1958 | |||||
| 1862 | |||||
| 1993 | |||||
| 2004 | |||||
| 1891 | |||||
| 1957 | |||||
| Industry | 2006 | ||||
| 2001 | |||||
| 1987 | |||||
| 1989 | |||||
| 1909 | |||||
| 1998 | |||||
| 1946 | |||||
| 1961 | |||||
| 1984 | |||||
| Open-air museum, industry | 1972 | ||||
| 1954 | |||||
| 1963 |
| Name | Image | Location | Dedicated to | Established | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | |||||
| 1974 | |||||
| 1908 | |||||
| 1965 | |||||
| Alexander Wickholm | 1980 | ||||
| 1977 | |||||
| 1971 | |||||
| 1933 | |||||
| 1965 | |||||
| 1966 | |||||
| 1967 | |||||
| 1951 | |||||
| Gabriel Granlund | 1979 | ||||
| 1987 | |||||
| 1961 | |||||
| 1998 | |||||
| 1998 | |||||
| 1967 |
| Name | Image | Location | Type | Established | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | |||||
| 1989 |