Sodankylä Local History Museum
The Sodankylä Local History Museum is a spectacular site in a beautiful riverside location. The crowning glory of the courtyard is the main building rescued from the village of Riesto, which was submerged under the Lokka reservoir.
Find a piece of long lost Lapland
Located at a beautiful place at the confluence of the Kitinen and Jeesiöjoki rivers, the Local History Museum of Sodankylä offers the visitor a comprehensive picture of rural life in Sodankylä-Sompio area in the beginning of the 20th century. There is a total of 13 buildings, and the museum guides are glad to take you on a tour.
The Local History Museum of Sodankylä is open in summertime from Tuesday to Sunday, from 12pm to 6 pm. The museum typically opens on the second week of June, and closes on the second-to-last week of August. Check the up-to-date times at the museum’s page in VisitSodankylä.
The museum is free admission. There is a small museum shop selling ice cream and locally crafted gift products.
Arrival and accessibility
The museum is located 2 kilometers from the center of Sodankylä, and you get to marvel the beautiful banks of the river Jeesiöjoki. Right next to the museum there is a spacious parking lot for those arriving by car.
You can access the museum yard by a wheelchair and a baby trolley. There are ramps to the main building, stockhouse, cowshed and the toilet, but all of the buildings have doorsteps at which one might require assistance. Especially the doorsteps of the main building and the cowshed are very high. There is an accessible toilet which can fit a smaller-size wheelchair. The composter toilet is rather high on a pedestal. There is a water tap for washing hands, but no bidet shower. There are no supportive handles in the toilet.