Kolarin Kotiseutumuseo THE MUNICIPAL MUSEUM OF KOLARI

THE MUNICIPAL MUSEUM OF KOLARI, SIEPPIJÄRVI

The exhibition of the  outdoor museum shows a typical pre-war home of two families in the main building.  The whole collection consists of 1380 articles.  The other buildings in the area – barns, the cattle shelter and warehouses contain mostly farm machinery, eg. sleighs for several purposes. The ancient trail of 300 metres starts behind the cattle shelter in the southeastern corner of the museum yard. There are historical remnants of a previous bakery-kiln, stonecairns and hearths, and two structures for pine tar burning. The museum can be found in the village ofSieppijärvi, about 24 kilometres to the SSE from the centre of  Kolari, 500 metres to the E from the highway 21, in the end of the gravel passage of  Rovantie.  The exhibion is kept open from the mid June until the end of August during the weekdays.