Lusto
The Finnish Forest Museum
Lustontie 1
58450 PUNKAHARJU
Finland
Phone +358 15 345 100
Telefax +358 15 345 1050
lusto@lusto.fi
| Including the Room of Silence, virtual nature experience | ||
The time of the machines | all year | |
Exhibition demonstrates how logging was mechanized and gives a lookout on the development process of forest economy and forest industry. | ||
The old logging site | all year | |
Exhibition portrays the old time logging sites before the invention of chain saws and harvesters. The focus is on the golden age of lumberjacks, buck saws, Finnhorses and timber floating. | ||
The century of forest healers | all year | |
The pioneer spirit of increasing the profit from the forests of the fatherland during the 20th century. | ||
The forests of the Finns | all year | |
Themes include, for example, the forest in folklore, forest’s gifts and recreational use of forests. | ||
SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS | ||
Book exhibition compiled by emeritus professor Matti Leikola | 23.6.2011–29.2.2012 | |
| Exhibition introduces Finnish fictional literature focusing on forestry and forestry professionals from the 19th century to the modern days. | ||
Information is subject to change. |