The Loimaa Cultural Tour will take place for the fifth time on 25 August, when several museums, exhibitions and cultural sites will open their doors along the current Loimaa area.

Doors are open from 11:00-16:00 and admission is free.

This year, 28 sites will be participating, some of which will only be open on this particular Sunday. It may not be possible to visit all the sites in one day, but next year you can continue to explore Loimaa’s history and rich cultural heritage.

A map of the sites is available, which also serves as a museum passport where visitors can collect notes on the sites they have visited and take part in a prize draw.

Museum passes are available at the sites and can also be left at all sites except the Krekilä Mill and the Virtta Track route.

The event is ideal for all ages. You are warmly welcome to join us!

Follow the signs and find the destinations

Destinations for 2024

1. Time travel on the Virttaanraitti
Virttaanraitti 6, 32560 Virttaa
Cultural site

• You can visit the site on your own at any time.

2. Alpo Jaakola’s studio-home in Torkville
Niinijoentie 750, 32410 Niinijoki
Cultural site

3. Alpo Jaakola’s Statue Park
Aura-Pirkka Road 84, 32300 Loimaa, Finland
Museum, Café

• Birgitta Holopainen’s exhibition At the Dry Gallery: on the paths

4. Hollonmäki courtyard and home museum
Samulinkatu 7, 32200 Loimaa
Cultural site

5. Hunnaa Local History Museum
Vänniläntie 120, 32440 Alastaro
Museum

6. The Karelia Evacuation Sleigh Museum
Koivusuontie 424, 32300 Mellilä
Museum

• Glimpses of the countryside of yesteryear

7. Krekilä mill
Niinijoki 316, 32410 Niinijoki
Cultural site

• You can visit the mill on your own at any time. There is also a nature trail in the area.

8. Kurkijoki River Museum
Kuukankuja 1, 32200 Loimaa
Museum

• Kurkijoki, the agricultural town – exhibition

9. Kärjen rustholli
Mälläistentie 414, 32450 Mälläinen
Cultural site, Café

• Step back in time and experience an authentic 1880s atmosphere in the main building of the Kärje, where the daughters’ café serves freshly baked buns and coffee. At the same time, you can explore the dining room, admire the Loimijoki landscape from the porch or feel the atmosphere of Kärje’s large kitchen. Your journey continues in the 1700s cottage, where Tuula Launonen’s unique watercolours painted in three colours and the mixed media works of her granddaughter Frida Aarnio are on display in a joint exhibition. You can also see the largest tree in the region, an oak with a trunk five metres in circumference. You can hug the tree!
  Welcome!

10. Lieskivi Paja museum
Old Hämeentie 338, 32200 Loimaa
Cultural site

• You can visit the site on your own at any time.

11. Loimaa Local History Museum
Kanta-Loimaantie 13, 32210 Hirvikoski
Museum

12. Loimaa School Museum
Kauppalankatu 17, 32200 Loimaa
Museum

13. Loimaa Traditional Skis
Lähteenmäentie, 32200 Loimaa, Finland
Exhibition

• Old winter sports equipment.

14. Loimaa Main Library
Kauppalankatu 17, 32200 Loimaa
Cultural site

• 30th anniversary exhibition of the Loimaa Rompe Days
• Library lending services are available and the latest newspapers and magazines can be read in the newsroom.

15. Loimaa Art Association
Kuukankuja 1, 32200 Loimaa
Exhibition

16. Loimaa Art House
Rantatie 2, 32200 Loimaa
Museum

• Temporary exhibition Martti Matikainen’s Back to Nature photography exhibition
• The Hapaste Collection Exhibition: eternalised beauty

17. Loimaa Veterans Park
Veteraanintie 21, 32200 Loimaa
Cultural site, Café, Dining

• Field kitchen pea soup, coffee and pancakes for sale

18. Maamiesseurant House
Koskenkyläntie, 32440 Alastaro
Cultural site, Café

• Marjukka Frisk’s Koi eats and rust eats – exhibition.
  The works are made using a contact staining technique, in which plants are transferred with rust, salt and vinegar onto paper or canvas.
• Colours from nature – From Nature’s colour chart: wool yarns dyed by Elina Kek.
• Presentation of the history of the house
• Guided walk to the shooting range show shelter at 13:00

19. Mauno Ketonen Home Museum
Isonsuontie 43, 32450 Mälläinen
Cultural site, Coffee

• Finland’s largest collection of coffee grinders, old mopeds and tractors and much more.
• Cash only in the café

20. MikkoMuseo
Virttaanraitti 14, 32560 Virttaa
Museum

• History of Finnish information technology, the collection focuses on Mikko and MikroMikko computers.

21. The old shop of the mummies
Mälläistentie 407, 32450 Mälläinen
Cultural site, Café

• Formerly a Co-operative store, the building now houses a trade museum, a biker café and a summer café, PikkuPunahilkka.
• At the Museum of Commerce, you can get into the 1970s atmosphere. The “Eila 100 years” exhibition tells the story of Eila, who ran the shop with her husband for 30 years. Coffee and pastries for sale to enjoy on the spot. Special diets catered for. The building also houses a gluten-free bakery, PikkuPunahilkka.
• Always free entry! Cash or MobilePay at the café.

22. Orisuo prayer room
Keskitie 51, 31960 Orisuo
Cultural site, Dining

• The Orisuo Prayer Room was inaugurated in 1930 and is now owned by the Orisuo Prayer Room Association. Orisuo Prayer Room is used for spiritual activities, events and occasions that promote the community spirit of the village, meetings, courses, discussions and excursions. The Prayer Room Association rents and makes available the Prayer Room it owns for use by various associations, communities and individuals in keeping with the value of a Christian prayer room.
• Art exhibition by Ukrainian artist Vola Olen. A guide to the history of the prayer house and the history book “Orisuo Prayer House – 100 years of activity” are available. The village history book “Orisuo – Finnish America” is also available for sale. Old-time buffet.

23. Finnish Agricultural Museum Sarka
Vanhankirkontie 383, 32200 Loimaa
Museum, Café, Dining

• Temporary exhibitions: the Restaurant Hall: the Yli-Kirra Peasant Museum, the Lobby Gallery: photo archives, the sense of dough and Your food is not yours – food debate now and in the past.
• Permanent exhibitions: the age of agriculture, It’s the machine! and Before machines

24. Art corner
Turuntie 4, 32200 Loimaa
Exhibition

• Works by Alpo Jaakola.

25. Tibetan Art Centre
Auvaistentie 400, 32430 Ylhäinen
Exhibition

• A unique collection of oriental art in an old primary school building.

26. Old machines at the Sipilä farm
Tammiaistentie 109, 32450 Tammiainen
Cultural site

• Lots of old tractors, cars and other machinery.

27. Vesikoski mill
Hirvikoskentie 10, 32200 Loimaa, Finland
Cultural site

28. Water kiosk house
Juvantie 11, 32200 Loimaa
Cultural site

• Paper mill from 1907, leather mill from 1918, now a multi-purpose and cultural centre. You can visit the heritage room and the premises.