Turkansaari
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| place | Madekoski, Oulu |
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open air museum
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| opening | 1925 |
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The Turkansaari Museum is an open-air museum in Finland and is located on an island in the Oulujoki River 14 km east of the city of Oulu .
Today it is owned by the city of Oulu and is looked after by the Museum of Northern Ostrobothnia (Pohjois-Pohjanmaan museo). The museum has 48 buildings on an area of 12 hectares. Today the museum has a complex with agricultural buildings typical of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. In summer, old techniques such as salmon fishing and the traditional production of tar are shown. The museum is one of the national cultural monuments of Finland.
history
The island of Turkansaari was an important trading post for Russian traders on the Oulujoki River. The beginning of the open-air museum is marked by the reconstruction of the "Turkansaaren kirkko". This wooden church was built on this site in 1694. When the trading center was relocated to Oulu in 1700, the church was sold to Koskikeskus, now a district of Oulu. The church was found by the Finnish politician and agricultural expert Östen Elfving and rebuilt in its original location in 1922. Since the interior was not preserved, it was taken from other demolished buildings and recreated according to models.
Elfving acquired other buildings in the following years, including the rectory of Hietaniemi Ylitornio in 1931. His daughter Brita Helenius and her husband continued to run the museum. In 1961 the Turkansaari Foundation was established. This managed the museum and expanded it until the 1970s. In 1989 the museum was handed over to the city of Oulu.
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Coordinates: 64 ° 56 ′ 54 ″ N , 25 ° 42 ′ 25 ″ E