The Runeberg Home - Porvoo, Finland
Posted by: small oaks
N 60° 23.426 E 025° 39.794
35V E 426321 N 6695641
This is Finland's first home museum, opened to the public in 1882.
Waymark Code: WM8N9T
Location: Finland
Date Posted: 04/22/2010
Views: 72
Finland's national poet, Johan Ludvig Runeberg and his family moved to Porvoo in 1837, and this house 1852. This house is also Finland's first home museum, opened to the public in 1882.
Theme: Cultural history
Street Address: Aleksanterinkatu 3, 06100 Porvoo.
Food Court: no
Gift Shop: yes
Hours of Operation: September-April Wed-Sun klo 10-16 , May-August Tue-Sun klo 10-16.
Cost: 6.00 (listed in local currency)
Museum Size: Small
Relevant Web Site: [Web Link]
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