Zoo and Flowerpark Escurial

Info Telefon: +358-(0)8-384903
Besucher-Email: escurialzoo@hotmail.com
http://www.kukka-jaelainpuistoescurial.f...

May-September Mon-Sun 10:00-20:00

In the zoo you will find almost 300 animals, among them lots of common pets, but also many exotic animals, such as emus and nandus.
 

Raahe Museum

Tel.: +358 8 439 3334
Fax.: +358 8 439 3177

Info Telefon: +358 8 439 3335
Besucher-Email: eija.turunen@raahe.fi
http://raahe.fi/...

1.6. - 31.8. Mon-Fri 12-18, Sat-Sun 12-16
1.9. -31.5. Tue-Fri 13-17, Sat 12-16, Sun-Mon closed.

The museum, founded in 1862, is the oldest museum of cultural history in Finland. From the beginning of the 20th century it has been housed in the Old Customs House which has also acted as a Seamen House (built 1848).
The main part of the museum's collection consists of donations made in the 19th century: unusual items from nature and other objects from foreign countries as well as exotic souvenirs. Later the collection has been enlargened by items of cultural history and items relating to the history of Raahe town. The museum collection relates the story of Raahe as a town of shipping and trade, that had its golden age in 1860’s and 1870’s, and so it mainly comprises exotic articles connected with seafaring, trade and the sailing ship era. On display are also ecclesiastical objects from 17th century as well as weapons, coins, textiles and toys. The treasure of the Raahe Museum is the ''Old Gentleman'', the oldest diving suit in the world. It is made of calvskin and dates back to the 18th century.
Photography © Raahe Museum.
 

Pudasjärvi Museum

Tel.: +358-(0)40-585 6224
Fax.: +358-(0)8-823 453

Info Telefon: +358-(0)8-821 246
Besucher-Email: birgit.tolonen@pudasjarvi.fi, vuokko.nyman@pudasjarvi.fi
http://www.pudasjarvi.fi/yksikot/kotiseu...

24.05.-06.06., Mon-Fri 9:00-15:00, Sat-Sun closed.
07.06.-08.08., Tue-Fri and Sun 10:00-18:00, Sat and Mon closed.
09.08.-31.08., Mon-Fri 08:00-16:00, Sat-Sun closed.

The museum of local history and culture is one of the largest museums in Northern Finland. The focus is on farming culture and forest- and logfloatings traditions. The collection includes over 7000 objects and there are 19 buildings on a museum area of about 3 hectares.
For example you can visit a granary dating back to year 1859, a house (Niemelä) from the 18th century which has had a chimneyless hut with a vent in the roof to let out smoke, a forestry museum, a windmill, a drying barn and several outbuildings.
Photography © Pudasjärvi Museum.
 

Kallioniemi

Tel.: +358 (0)40 5925 507
Fax.: +358 (0)8 841 260

Info Telefon: +358 (0)40 7423 738
Besucher-Email: instituutti@taivalkoski.fi
http://www.taivalkoski.fi/paatalo-instit...

Jun-Sep 10-18 (10-16) and by appointment.

Kallioniemi is the childhood home of writer Kaarlo (Kalle) Alvar Päätalo (1919-2000). He was born in Taivalkoski, as a child of the tenant farmer and forestry worker Lauri Herman Päätalo. At the age of thirteen Kalle Päätalo began his first job as a forestry worker.
Päätalo’s first novel, Ihmisiä telineillä, was published in 1958. Since 1963, he has devoted himself entirely to writing and has seen nearly three million copies of his books printed. He has written 44 books, including two series. The buildings together with the objects preserved from the author's childhood give an insight into the life of a smallholder-forestry-worker's family.
 

Kuivaniemi Home Museum

Tel.: +358-(0)400 700 681,
Fax.: +358-(0)16 268 326

Info Telefon: +358-(0)40-7715828
Besucher-Email: anne.riepula@kuivaniemi.fi
http://www.oulunkaari.net/yhdistys/kuiva...

Open from Midsummer till the end of July Sat - Sun 12 pm - 6 pm. Other times by arrangement.

The rather simple exhibition of local artefacts includes old things from many professions - the furnishings of a dairy, household utensils, tools, textiles and outfits.