Turkansaari Open-Air Museum | |
Native Name: | Turkansaaren ulkomuseo |
Native Name Lang: | fi |
Coordinates: | 64.948°N 25.706°W |
Location: | Madekoski, Oulu, Finland Turkansaarentie 165, 90310 Oulu |
Type: | Open-air museum |
Turkansaari is an island in the Oulujoki river with an open-air museum in the Madekoski district in Oulu, Finland. The museum is run by the Northern Ostrobothnia museum.
Turkansaari island was a marketplace for Russian traders in the Oulujoki river. The open-air museum started out when the old church, from the year 1694, was restored on the island in 1922.[1]
Every summer there is a demonstration of burning tar in a pit to produce tar in the traditional way.