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The Military Museum was founded November 25, 1929. The opening ceremony followed on October 18, 1930, at Liisankatu, Kruununhaka.Before the foundation, Finnish military history was first shown to the public in 1908 at Valtion historiallinen museo (The History Museum of the State) and later in 1918–1919 at the National Museum.
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. [2]
Sota "War", in this context, a low-intensity one, consisting of actions such as border skirmishes, expeditions by volunteer corps, expulsion of remnant occupational forces or attempts to foment rebellion in the local populace. Heimo "Tribe" or "clan", but in this context, also the ethnic and language kinship between Baltic Finns; "kindred peoples".
Military Music Museum of Finland; N. National Museum of Finland; P. Parola Tank Museum; S. Salpa Line Museum; Spy Museum (Tampere)
Parola Tank Museum, officially Armoured Vehicle Museum (Finnish Panssarimuseo, Swedish Pansarmuséet) is a military museum located 110 kilometres north of Helsinki in Parola, near Hämeenlinna, Finland, a few kilometres from the Finnish Army Armoured Brigade training unit.
The Battle of Raate Road (Finnish: Raatteen tien taistelu) was fought during the Winter War between the Soviet Union and Finland in January 1940, as a part of the Battle of Suomussalmi. On December 7, 1939, the Soviet 163rd Rifle Division captured Suomussalmi , but found itself trapped deep inside Finnish territory, and the Soviet 44th Rifle ...
The museum exhibits the aviation history of Finland, from the early 1900s until today. The museum is owned by the Foundation of Aviation Museum of Central Finland (Finnish: Keski-Suomen Ilmailumuseosäätiö). The exhibition consists of aircraft, engines and aircrew equipment which has been used by the Finnish Air Force. The equipment of the ...
The museum was founded on 2 July 1977 in Niinisalo under the name Artillery Museum (Tykistömuseo in Finnish). The great public did not, however, quite find its way to the museum, probably because of its remoteness. The decision to move the museum to a more central location was made in 1995. A campaign for finding a new location was launched.