Natural History Museum of Tampere explained

Tampere Natural History Museum is a natural history museum in Tampere, Finland. It is based in the Vapriikki Museum Centre.^[1] It shows animals of Pirkanmaa region. The Tampere Museum of Natural History was first opened in 1961. Before that there were temporary exhibitions of the local nature for the people of Tampere. The oldest parts of the museum's collections are now more than 150 years old.

In 1988 the museum moved to the same building as the new Tampere City Library, but was later closed in 1995. The collections were later moved to the Vapriikki Museum Centre.^[2] The museum holds a collection of over 250,000 exhibits.^[3]

External links

• The website of the Museum
• History of the museum

61.5031°N 23.7603°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Museum Centre Vapriikki – Experience Tampere, Finland . 2024-11-13 . Visit Tampere . en-US.
2. News: December 4, 2010 . 15 vuotta laatikossa asuneet eläimet saavat uuden kodin . https://web.archive.org/web/20101208032006/https://www.aamulehti.fi/uutiset/pirkanmaa/199979.shtml . December 8, 2010 . November 13, 2024 . aamulehti.fi . Finnish.
3. Web site: Suoranta . Outi . 2021-06-09 . Tampereella on mittaamattoman arvokas 250 000 näytteen kokoelma luonnon ihmeitä: ”Näissä kaapeissa on monien ihmisten elämäntyö” . 2024-11-13 . Aamulehti . fi.