A huge museum with so many different areas to explore! From…read moreViking villages, through fashion and furniture, over minerals exhibitions, to gaming history (with lots of playable games), there's so much to explore! The different sections are clearly marked and easy to find. All the different sections are distinctly decorated and laid out, including a whole village in the history section and an 80s bedroom in the gaming section. So much love and care has been put into this place. There's also a big cafeteria that offers lunch buffets, as well as a café with a selection of breakfast and lunch offers. You can definitely spend at least one entire day here, don't miss this gem of a museum!

This was one of my absolute favourites on my trip, I love me an interactive museum!…read moreDon't forget to grab a guide book in your language at the entrance, it translates most of the signs for your convenience. There's a no-photo policy, but so many things to try and play with! Lots of spy history from around the world with many interactive exhibits and even a spy tunnel to try and spy on other visitors. I really enjoyed this unusual museum.

Very poor museum 7EUR entrance very expensiveread more

The Finnish Labor Musuem located in the Finlayson area has lots of exhibits to offer. There is no…read moreentrance fee which is a plus. There are also English translations on most pictures which is a plus for those who haven't brushed up on their Suomea. As you walk in, on your left there is the front desk where the staff is very helpful and willing to explain things in English. Touching of the exhibits is mostly forbidden expect for a few like the dip pen, props and a piano which you can play to your hearts content. After you have circled around don't forget to go to the steam engine museum which is located at the back. Here you can expect to find a model steam engine. Overall, the museum is well done but I would recommend it as something to do on a rainy day just as I did.

As an American, I had never heard of Moomin until my in-laws brought us back a stuffed Moomin doll…read morefrom the airport as a souvenir in 2024. Fast-forward to May 2026 and my husband and I are in Tampere. We watched the 2 episodes of Moomin available on the plane ride over from the US on Finair. It's definitely a children's show but the stories weren't very hashed out. Oh well, we figured we'd still stop by the Moomin Museum as we had seen that Moomin is everywhere in Finland - bandages, juice, cookies, backpacks, sauna towels, airplane livery... It's everywhere. The museum is a bit expensive. €18 per adult. The museum is 2 small floors with dioramas and some original art from the books on the walls. Information is on little screens in 6 languages, including English. When you walk in, you're given a museum guide that's 40+ pages long in a hardback book (that you must return) that gives a synopsis of the 9 Moomin books and some information about some of the displays that go with each book. The museum is set up where you enter the top floor and descend to see more dioramas from other Moomin books below. I wish the dioramas were numbered as certain dioramas go in a particular order as you're walked through different scenes in some of the books. The museum doesn't have old Moomin merchandise or information about the various Moomin theater productions, movies or comic strips, it's all just dioramas, a few drawings and 2 screens playing some clips of Moomin. There is one interactive exhibit - a projector that allows you to have your silhouette Moomin-fied. For someone who didn't grow up with Moomin, I felt like I was expecting more from a museum. There is a lot of reading involved so I'd probably not bring small children here. The kids that were here were screaming and crying while I visited. If you're not someone who grew up with Moomin, I think you can save the money and skip this museum. Visited: May 2026

Really cute museum that has a lot of history in it. We went on a free day. Not sure why it was…read morefree, but it was nice. They also have lockers that can fit suitcases which was convenient. We spent a couple hours here looking at and reading everything, but it could be a shorter activity. The museum is in a performance venue so there is a cafe and then the gift shop was cute as well.

Beautifully restored mansion, displaying local history and stories about one of the most…read moreinfluential families for local development back in the day. The exhibits are wonderfully done and seasonally decorated. We even got little yule gifts, as I was visiting just before Christmas. Staff are very knowledgeable and super eager to help, and the multi-lingual audio guide and chronologically organised rooms make it easy to follow along. There's also a beautiful café in the mansion and the view from the gardens is stunning!

Very cute cafe tucked away on a side road. I had a very good latte and croissant.read more