Craft Museum of Finland — Attraction in Jyväskylä sub-region

If you can go there, do it soon. The ceramics exhibition is the first in my life that I actually want to heartily recommend. As usual, they have so called permanent exhibits and changing ones. Ceramics is the latter. Also, as far as I know, the museum is responsible and crucial in Central Finland in preserving traditional dresses, information on crafts traditions, pattern history and appreciation of it all. It beautifully fulfils one lofty goal that the museum institution has, which is remembering the past. Luckily for me most of the things remembered are healthy and beneficial to forming well-grounded understanding of life lived and I get a sense of belonging, which is a nice change to feeling rootless every now and then. Furthermore, aesthetically speaking the place is...

Very disappointing, we went mainly for the temporary exhibition through the pinhole which seemed to have absolutely no relation to the online description had none of the things promised on it and turned out just to be a collection of photographs. The permanent exhibition was interesting if you are really into fabrics but had little information on the costumes,however the rooms are very dark to preserve the costumes and there is little attempt at interactivity also apparently the Sami do not exist in their world. There is the art museum which was rather wonderful just up the street from it which is highly recommended. (In reply to there reply) pretty much none of what you claim was available in your reply was there... I have no idea what you saw but it wasn't the same as...

While it doesn't look like much from the outside, this museum is a real treasure. It has an amazing exhibition of the history and evolution of various trades and crafts in Finland. The best part is the workshop. Chock-full of all kinds of supplies and tools, you can let your inspiration guide you. There's a booklet with various suggestions, but these can be used as points of departure for your imagination. It's a perfect place to come with kids, especially on a rainy day as you can easily spend hours in the workshop. Kids go for free, adult...