Pienmäki Farm Buildings Museum
The Pienmäki Farm Buildings Museum in Hankasalmi is a splendid place to visit in the summer. The path leading to the Pienmäki house takes you to the past and you will arrive to a unique yard lined with log houses. By popping into the house and the grain drying and threshing cabin known as riihi as well as by peeking into the sauna, the barns, stable, cart shed, and workshop you get a sense of the life there in the past. The activity corner of the cowshed offers small activities for the little ones.
Free entrance.
Open during summer
Place
Museotie, Niemisjärvi, Hankasalmi
Parking at a parking place which is a walking distance of about 150 metres from the museum along a charming path.
About a 40-minute drive from Jyväskylä. When arriving from the direction of both Jyväskylä and Kuopio, brown museum signs show the way to the museum.
Contact information
Museum of Central Finland
Tel: +358 50 563 8823
Email: [email protected]
During the summer, the guide of Pienmäki: Tel. +358 50 311 8883
- In a manner typical of Central Finland, the Pienmäki house and its yard have been built on a hill.
- The residential house was completed in 1849 and 1852.
- In addition to the residential house, the yard has about 20 log buildings.
- The oldest buildings date back to the 18th century.
- Nationally significant built cultural environment.