Artillery Museum of Finland (Suomen Tykistomuseo) description and photos - Finland: Hameenlinna (Topic)

Artillery Museum of Finland (Suomen Tykistomuseo) description and photos - Finland: Hameenlinna. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Suomen Tykistomuseo.

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The Artillery Museum of Finland is a military history museum, originally founded in 1977 in the village of Niinisalo in a closed school building, has been reopened after being moved to Hameenlinna. The building of the Fortress Barracks was allocated in a new place for the museum in 1997.

The main exhibition is located in a three-story building. The first floor is dedicated to the history of artillery from the beginning of the 15th century, when Finland was part of the Kingdom of Sweden until autonomy and the Civil War of Independence in 1918. The Hall of Glory to the Fatherland keeps military awards of the country's defenders.

The second floor is occupied by an exposition dedicated to the period of the beginning of independence (1919), the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-40. and World War II 1941-45. The showcase of the museum contains the military uniform of the tallest Finnish artilleryman, whose height is 2m 26 cm. You can also see a model of a 1940 model cannon here.

The third floor tells about the history of artillery, garrison life in barracks, improvement of guns with 1945 to 2000s. There is also a collection of tin soldiers from 1812 to 1960.

In the exhibition hall of artillery, which is located in the premises of the former stable, there are weapons of historical value. These are mainly horse-drawn cannons.

There are about 100 different guns in the museum courtyard, including a heavy mortar, a Soviet-made missile system and an honorary howitzer. Films from 1939-1944 are shown in the demonstration building. in English, Swedish,

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