Helsinki City Museum
The Helsinki City Museum is a museum in Helsinki that records and displays the history of Finland. Its purpose is to document and preserve Helsinki's spiritual, physical, and architectural legacy. The museum exhibits personal stories and daily life in the city. It also serves as the regional museum for central Uusimaa, with the aim of promoting and directing museum activities in the area.
The Helsinki City Museum is located amid the city's oldest blocks, near the Senate Square. It also runs four additional museums in the Helsinki area, including Villa Hakasalmi, Burgher's House, Worker Housing Museum, and Tram Museum. All museums provide free admission. The museum's collections include around one million images, including popular photos of early twentieth-century Helsinki by Signe Brander, as well as 450,000 artifacts.
Location: Aleksanterinkatu 16, 00170 Helsinki, Finland
Website: helsinginkaupunginmuseo.fi/en