Art Centre Ahjo is located in the centre of Joensuu next to the Joensuu Art Museum in a building protected for its old cultural history. The Art Centre has two galleries where exhibitions are held, the Sysi Gallery (164m2) and the Koksi Gallery (...

The Finnish Stone Centre is a networked centre of expertise whose objectives include increasing the recognition of Finnish natural stone, promoting the competitiveness of the natural stone sector and launching new businesses. The Finnish Stone Cen...

The Convent of Lintula is the only convent for nuns in Finland and Northern Countries. The convent was founded in 1895 in Karelia Kivennapa. It was evacuated in 1939 and moved to Heinävesi county where it has been since 1946. Lintula has at prese...

Joensuu Art Museum is situated right in the town centre near the market square. The neo-Renaissance building, a former grammar school, was built in 1894. Joensuu Art Museum was founded in 1962 as a result of significant donations to the town. Co...

There are two kinds of exhibitions in the North Karelian Museum. Local history and folk-tradition is introduced in the permanent exhibitions. The changing exhibitions are either own or assembled by the other museums. Contents range from the local the...

Pielinen Museum is the second largest open-air museum in Finland and the largest museum in North Karelia. In the extensive open-air museum there are more than 70 buildings and structures, transformed from the region of Lieksa. The open-air museum co...

Valamo is the Finnish Orthodox Church's only monastery and is located in the district of Heinävesi, in the midst of the immensely beautiful lake region of eastern Finland. The monastery maintains close connections with the society around it and suppo...

The museum describes the history of Harjamäki mental hospital and the development of psychiatry in Finland. The Hospital was founded in 1926 in Siilinjärvi, which at the time was a small commune in the northern part of Savo. Harjamäki became one of t...

The field of study of the Orthodox Church Museum is one of a kind in Finland and in the whole of Scandinavia. The Orthodox Church Museum acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education and enjoyment, mater...

Pöljä Local Museum is built on a Stone Age dwelling. First people lived in Pöljä area about 10.000 years ago. The museum has a small archaeological exhibition. The museum describes the life of peasants lliving in the northern part of Savo at the ...