Törnävä Museum Area

In the Törnävä Museum Area, the visitor has an opportunity to learn about the history and peasant life of the Region of South Ostrobothnia. The Liinamaa House, together with its courtyard buildings, forms a typical South Ostrobothnian courtyard setting with its cow house, drying barn and numerous granaries. In the Liinamaa House and Paapantupa (‘Granpa’s House’), situated in its vicinity, the visitor can sense the life in a bygone era. The rooms feature lots of utility articles, textiles and furniture related to peasant life and craftsmanship in South Ostrobothnia. There are a total of 18 buildings moved into the museum area from different parts of the region. The oldest ones are from the 17th century and the newest ones from the end of the 19th century. The area features e.g. an impressive windmill, which used to belong to the Manor of Östermyra.
The stone-built cowshed houses a basic exhibition about the history of South Ostrobothnia, a room for changing exhibitions, museum shop, information desk and ticket office, as well as a café.

Other highlights of the museum include:

- Propeeri, a gunpowder laboratory built in 1826. In Propeeri, there is an exhibition on the activities of the foundry and gunpowder factory of the Östermyra Manor.
- Two pink Punatulkku (‘Bullfinch’) buildings, built in the early 19th century for residential use by the blacksmiths of the Östermyra Manor. The south-side Punatulkku building houses a land steward’s office, as well as tailor’s, shoemaker’s and watchmaker’s workshops and a knifemaker’s workshop with a knife exhibition. The north-side building features, among others, a museum pharmacy, with pill-making work demonstrations.
- Kauppapuori (‘Ye Olde Shoppe’), a rural shop with a wide product range dating back to several decades ago.
The old dairy building of the manor houses a Geo exhibition on the geology of the region, to be completed by an exhibition of South Ostrobothnian nature in autumn 2009.

Contact information and opening hours:

Törnävä Museum Area
Address: Törnäväntie 23
60200 Seinäjoki
Information +358-6-416 2643 tai
E-mail: epmaakuntamuseo(at)seinajoki.fi 

The office is open on weekdays from 9 to 15.

Opening hours: The exhibitions in Kivinavetta, the stone-built cowshed
1 May to 31 August Wed 12 to 19, Thu–Sun 12 to 17

1 September to  30 April Wed 12 to18, Thu, Fri, Sun 12 to 16
At other times as agreed.

The other attractions of the Museum Area and the Nature Museum are open as follows:
1 June to 31 August Wed 12 to 19, Thu–Sun 12 to 17
1 September to 31 May Wed–Fri 12 to16

At other times as agreed.