FULL THROTTLE AT PYYNIKKI

The Finnish Civil War, between the Red Guard and the White Guard, was a short but traumatic period in Finnish history. The largest inland battle in Northern Europe prior to World War II took place in Tampere, in April 1918.

Come and experience the history of ice hockey at the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame! In addition to Finnish ice hockey, the exhibi-tion focuses on international ice hockey and Finnish hockey players who have shot to international fame. Highlights, disappointments, and period pieces are offered by rich film material. You can also test your own scoring skills with a scoring simulator!

The Natural History Museum

The Tammerkoski Rapids exhibition tells the story of how a small village founded along these rapids turned into an industrial city now known for technological innovation, high-standard cultural events, and its residents’ modest and down-to-earth attitude.

Located on the banks of the Tammerkoski rapids, Vapriikki is a museum centre that offers things to see and do for the whole family. We put up about a dozen exhibitions each year, with varied themes including history, technology and natural sciences. Vapriikki is also home to the Natural History Museum of Tampere, the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame, the Shoe Museum, and the Doll Museum. Visitors are served by the museum restaurant Valssi and the museum shop, which sells a wide selection of literature and gifts.

Vapriikki is housed in the old Tampella factory hall, the oldest parts of which were built in the 1880s. The largest exhibition hall, a hundred metres long and 16 metres high, dates back to the 1910s and 1920s. Vapriikki opened to the public in 1996, and the building was completed as a museum in 2000. The total floor area of the museum centre is approximately 13,000 m2, half of which consists of exhibition facilities and premises open to the public. .

Treasures of the Toy BoxThe Time to Play exhibition on the history of toys and play presents toys from Finland and abroad that children in Finland have played with in recent decades. The Time to Play exhibition displays about 500 toys.

Special exhibition: The Swordsmen and Fantasy Fighters until 21 October 2012

Special exhibition:

Teppo Numminen,The Ironman Defender of Four Decadesuntil 2 September 2012

The museum restaurant Valssi arranges conference meals, coffee, breakfasts, and reception catering according to the client’s wishes. A magnificent view of the industrial red brick scenery along the Tammerkoski rapids opens from the restaurant’s summer terrace, built above running water.

Vapriikki premises can be hired for private functions, confer-ences and seminars. Confer-ence guests are served by a fully equipped auditorium seating 106, while a smaller meeting can be comfortably held in an elegant sauna cabinet.

Lady Ostapeck was born in New York in 1918. She has used her bellows camera from the early 20th century – for taking portraits wherein history, the present, and fantasy become intertwined. A lover of the his-tory of fashion, Lady Ostapeck

What happens under the surface of the Tammerkoski rapids? Can you identify the largest animal in the Tampere region, or the rarest butterfly? Are there wolves in the forests in the Tampere region? And what is happening in our natural environment at the moment?The natural history exhibition presents the history of life and biological diversity in the Tampere region through our many senses and displays topical natural phenomena.

Innovations is an exhibition and research project focusing on the past and present of local tech-nical know-how. Tampere has good reason to be proud of its technological prowess, as this is the city where many technical devices first entered use, and it has

also been quick to put to use many technologies developed elsewhere. Displayed is the history of the metal industry and engineering works, modern IT research, and medical technology. The exhibition also sheds light on the roots of Nokia Corporation. Tampere 1918, has received a

Special Commendation in the European Museum of the Year Award 2011 (EMYA)

Tammerkoski Rapids and the Story of Tampere

Conferences at Vapriikki

The story of the industrial shoe recounts the survival of the shoe industry from the 1870s until the present day. In the procession of a thousand shoes you can see the changes in fashions and trends. What kind of shoes did your grandmother waltz in? What kinds of shoe might we see in the future?

A Lady with Style

Lady Ostapeck’s American Costumes and Portraits

INNOVATIONS

has amassed a sizeable collection of historic costu-mes and textiles. The American fashion dresses are from the 1840s to the 1950s.

The Shoe Museum

Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame