Kokkola Sights

Taidemuseo

#3 of 18 things to do in Kokkola

#1 of 12 gallery sights in Finland

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  • Address
    • Pitkänsillankatu 39 Kokkola
  • Phone
    • tel, info: 06 828 9474
  • Price
    • for 1 museum €2, for all €4
  • Hours
    • 12:00-15:00 Tue-Fri, 12:00-17:00 Sat & Sun Sep-May, 12:00-17:00 Tue-Sun Jun-Aug, free on Thu in winter

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Lonely Planet review for Taidemuseo

The Taidemuseo is in a large 19th-century merchants' mansion. It contains the collection of the portly Karl Herman Renlund (1850-1908), a shopworker who made good and left his art collection for the benefit of 'students and the working class'. He tipped the scales at 160kg when he died, but his collection is less heavyweight, although a Victor Westerholm canvas depicting the savage beauty of the Voikkaa rapids is memorable.

 

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