Maritime Museum of Finland - Kotka, Finland
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small oaks
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Maritime Museum of Finland is located inside the Maritime Center Wellamo in Kotka.
Waymark Code: WM6C4J
Location: Finland
Date Posted: 05/12/2009
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Kotka is very nice city in Finland and the sea is very much present in here. I have visited there a few times and liked the sea sights there. The Port of Kotka is the foremost export port in Finland. Naval engagement aka a battle of Svenssund between Russia and Sweden were fought outside the present day city of Kotka in 1790.
Maritime Center Wellamo were opened to public 11.07.2008. Building is one of kind and it fits nicely on shores of Kotka. It has a wave like form and it glimmers on colors of sea.
Info about the Maritime museum of Finland.
"The Maritime Museum of Finland is a national maritime museum operating under the National Board of Antiquities and the Ministry of Education, destined to record the history of seafaring in Finland and to convey related information. The Maritime Museum collects and preserves items, photographs, archival material and literature pertaining to seafaring and boating.
In its main exhibition “North Star, Southern Cross”, the Maritime Museum of Finland tells about the history of seafaring in Finland, focusing on issues such as life of seafarers, development of ships, maritime trade, and travelling by sea. The main exhibition also covers the speciality of Northern seafaring, winter shipping and ice.
You can also learn about the maritime past and present by using your senses and doing things yourself. In the exhibition, you can smell tar, lift an anchor, and you can also try signalling with signal flags." * from Museums web page...
Museum Address:
Tornatorintie 99
Kotka, Finland
48100
Museum Website: [Web Link]
Cost: 8.00 (listed in local currency)
Hours of Operation:
Tue, Thu-Sun 11-18
Wed 11-20
Wed 18-20 free admission
to the exhibitions*
Mon closed
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