RaumaSights

Museum sights in Rauma

  1. A

    Rauma Maritime Museum

    Wandering around the Old Town, it’s easy to forget that Rauma is a port, so the Rauma Maritime Museum is a good reminder of the town’s seafaring livelihood. As well as old photos and displays, there’s a thrilling navigation simulator.

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  2. B

    Marela

    Marela is the most interesting of Rauma’s museums and one of its most elaborate buildings. The preserved home of a wealthy 19th-century merchant family is furnished with antiques, wall paintings and Swedish ceramic stoves.

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  3. C

    Kirsti

    Kirsti is a lovable collection of buildings with a yard that’s circled by a stable, granary and barn. Inside, rooms represent different periods of the home’s life right through to the 1970s.

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  4. D

    Rauma Museum

    Rauma’s most impressive building, Vanha Raatihuone (Old Town Hall), built in 1776, houses the Rauma Museum, which exhibits maritime heritage and a few choice lace pieces.

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  5. E

    Rauma Art Museum

    Rauma Art Museum, in the heart of Vanha Rauma, features changing exhibitions of traditional and modern art. The Old Town well is in the courtyard.

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  6. F

    Savenvalajan Verstas

    Savenvalajan Verstas is a small museum of pottery, and a workshop where you can see potters at work and have a go yourself.

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