Web content

The contents of the Varkaus Museum Center Konsti can also be easily accessed from the comfort of your own home. Interested in old photographs, for example? Explore the digitised content of the museums at piipunjuurella.finna.fi.

Varkaus' history is also visible in its streets and built environments. Through a variety of mobile routes, you can learn more about the history around us.

Online exhibitions

Ships from Pirtinniemi Shipyard - laivadata.fi (in Finnish)

The platform database of the Pirtinniemi shipyard in Varkaus. The online exhibition has been produced in cooperation between Varkaus Museums and the Finnish National Archive for Business and Industry ELKA.

Ships from Pirtinniemi Shipyard - laivadata.fi

Saranat.fi - Central Savonia's cultural environments online (in Finnish)

The website presents the cultural environments of Central Savonia. The online portal offers access to numerous online exhibitions presenting the region's architectural heritage, architecture and cultural landscapes, as well as games, task and workshop packages.

Saranat.fi - Central Savo's cultural environments online

100 years of the Varkaus Fire Brigade (in Finnish)

The Varkaus Fire Brigade celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2017. The online exhibition presents the 100-year history of the Varkaus Fire Brigade.

100 years of the Varkaus Fire Brigade

Mobile routes

Instructions

The Mobile Routes is a mobile app shared by Finnish museums, with guides that work on all smartphones and tablets without a separate app. The following guides have been published about Varkaus:

Wanderings in Old Varkaus is an experience tour that brings the stories to life. You can walk the route in the order you want with the help of information boards and/or a paper map. Paper maps are available at the Varkaus Museum Center Konsti.

For the best experience, view the augmented reality stories on your mobile device from the information boards or on the paper map from the QR code. In addition to the images and text on the map and signs, the QR codes will reveal animated videos, 3D modelling and audio narration. Through the content, you can meet Walter Ahlström, the founder of the city of Varkaus, and see the former Varkaus sawmill designed by Alvar Aalto that no longer exists.

The tour is available in Finnish and English and is accessible year round.

The map-based routes built into the service run in a web browser, without the need for a separate app. They work best on your mobile device on the spot. Check out the mobile routes at tarinasoitin.fi/varkaus.