The South Karelia Museum is housed in the massive grey stone buildings that were formerly cannon storehouses. These neo-classical buildings stand out from their surroundings as they were built using local stone material, which has a high lime concentration. The buildings were completed in the early 1800s.
The South Karelia Museum is a museum with regional responsibility. It records, preserves, documents and exhibits the material and intellectual heritage of South Karelia and the ceded Viipuri and Karelian Isthmus. The museum’s permanent exhibition presents the history of our region from prehistoric times to the modern day with artefacts, photographs, audio recordings, films and written documents.
Open on summer season 2.6.-17.8.2025
Mon-Fri 10-18
Sat-Sun 11-17
Open on winter season 2.1.-1.6.2025 and 19.8.-30.12.-2015
Tue-Sun: 11-17
Closed expectionally:
Christmas 23.12.-26.12. New Year's Eve 31.12.2024-1.1.2025 New Year's Day 1.1.2025 Permanent exhibition open only 10.3.-4.4.2025 Good Friday 18.4.2025 Easter Saturday, Sunday and Monday 19.4.-21.4.2025 May Day Eve 30.4.2025 May Day 1.5.2025 Ascension Day 29.5.2025 Midsummer Eve 20.6.-21.6.2025 Independence Day 6.12.2025.
Combination ticket to Fortress Museums adults 12€ / pensioners, students, unemployed, groups/person (min. 10 people) 9€, under 18 years of age: free of charge.
Kristiinankatu 15, 53900 Lappeenranta ph.+358 40 130 9218 (ticket booth), +358 40 587 2274 (office)