Orthodox Church Museum

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  • Address
    City Centre, Karjalankatu 1
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  • Phone
    287 2244

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Lonely Planet review

A fascinating, well-presented museum, the Orthodox Church Museum holds collections brought here from monasteries, churches and tsasouni (chapels) in USSR-occupied Karelia. Today it is the most notable collection of eastern Orthodox icons, textiles and religious objects outside Russia. The oldest artefacts date from the 10th century.

The museum is in a plain brown building about 1km west of the train station; take bus 7 from the market.