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Ehrensvärd Museum
You can ramble around the crumbling fortress walls at the southern end of Susisaari island, and there are several museums including the Ehrensvärd Museum which preserves an 18th-century officer's home. Three museums relating to Suomenlinna's military history can be visited with a combination ticket, the most interesting is the Submarine Vesikko.
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Hotel & Restaurant Museum
The Hotel & Restaurant Museum, with everything you wanted to know about Finnish bars and restaurants.
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Kaapelitehdas
Once a real kaapelitehdas (cable factory) and later Nokia's main factory, this is now a bohemian cultural centre featuring studios, galleries, concerts, theatre and dance performances, as well as the obligatory cafe and restaurant. Admission to most galleries and studios is free.
There are several museums here, including the Finnish Museum of Photography.
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Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art
The Kiasma Museum of Modern Art is housed in a curvaceous and quirky chalk-white building. It exhibits a rapidly growing collection of Finnish and international modern art from the 1960s to the 1990s. The focus is definitely on the Finnish penchant for the offbeat. The cafe and beer terrace are also very popular in summer.
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Mannerheim Museum
This fascinating museum was the home of CGE Mannerheim, former president, Commander in Chief of the Finnish army and Civil War victor. Among the souvenirs from Mannerheim's life are hundreds of military medals, plus photos from 1907-08 when he travelled 14,000km (8,699mi) along the Silk Route from Samarkand to Beijing.
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Museum of Photography
The building also houses three offbeat museums (free with the Helsinki Card): the Museum of Photography, covering art photography and photographic culture.
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National Gallery
The Ateneum houses Finnish paintings and sculptures from the 18th century to the 1950s. There's also a small, interesting collection of 19th- and early-20th-century foreign art, including a copy of Auguste Rodin's bronze The Thinker , and paintings by Van Gogh, Gaugin and Cezanne. The building itself dates from 1887.
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National Museum of Finland
The impressive Kansallismuseo looks a bit like a Gothic church with its stonework and tower. Built in 1916 and extensively renovated in 2000, the museum's rooms cover different periods of Finnish history, including prehistory and archaeological finds, church relics, ethnography and cultural exhibitions.
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Seurasaari Open-Air Museum
West of the centre, Seurasaari Island is an open-air museum with 18th- and 19th-century traditional houses, manors and outbuildings from around Finland. Guides dressed in traditional costume demonstrate folk dancing, and crafts such as spinning, embroidery and troll-making. Midsummer Eve is especially festive.
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Sports Museum of Finland
The sports museum, Urheilumuseo, in the 1952 Olympic Stadium, houses Finland's 'sporting hall of fame', and looks at the triumphs and defeats of its sporting heroes. Sport is a subject close to the heart and national identity of Finns and this is the place to see some of that pride on display.
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Submarine Vesikko
Three museums relating to Suomenlinna's military history can be visited with a combination ticket (adult/student around €6 .50/2) - the most interesting is the Submarine Vesikko.
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Suomenlinna Museum
In the same building is the illuminating Suomenlinna Museum , covering the island's history.
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Theatre Museum
The Theatre Museum , exploring the history of Finnish theatre. Take tram No 8 or the metro to Ruolahti (about 500m away).
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Urho Kekkonen Museum
Near the bridge that connects Seurasaari with the mainland, the Urho Kekkonen museum was the presidential residence for 30 years. Built in 1904, it housed three presidents, including Mannerheim and Urho Kekkonen, and now shows off Finnish history and art exhibitions. For the museum and Seurasaari island, take bus No 24 from central Helsinki, or tram No 4 and walk.
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