A guided tour adds detail to your visit at our exhibition. You can select a guided tour of our permanent exhibition or our Open-Air Museum or our Bures Boahtin your to learn more about the Sámi clothing and language. We recommend guided tours especially for groups. Our guides are trained and language-proficient freelancers. All guided tours must be booked in advance.
Main exhibition Tour
Visitors can get a more in-depth and detailed understanding of Siida’s permanent exhibition if they tour the exhibition with a guide. A guided tour will provide more information content and visitors will have the opportunity to ask questions directly from the guide.
Duration: 1 h
Languages:
Finnish, English, German, French, Russian, Spanish and Swedish
Price:
130 €/ group on Mon-Sat, on Sundays or Public Holiday 165 € / group.
Guided tour of the Open-Air Museum
What was used as chewing gum in ancient times? What were past birdhouses like? During the Open-Air Museum tour visitors learn about Inari’s 10,000-year history. Fishing and hunting were essential for survival in ancient times. The guide will tell visitors interesting facts about the open-air museum’s buildings and structures, which showcase Finland’s three different Sámi cultures.
Duration: 1 h
Languages:
Finnish, English, German, Spanish, Swedish and French
Price:
130 €/ group on Mon-Sat, on Sundays or Public Holiday 165 € / group.
Bures boahtin- Welcome! A moment with the Sámi language and culture
Would you like to learn to greet people in Sámi? Do you know what a Sámi brooch looks like and where it is put? The guide shows the group the Sámi dress and gives a playful lesson in the Sámi language in the auditorium. After this, the group will take a guided tour of Siida’s main exhibition.
Duration: 1 h 45 min
Languages:
Finnish, English, German, Spanish, Swedish and French
Price:
185€/group.
Inquiries and bookings for guided tours
Siida Customer Service: siida(at)siida.fi
Before booking a guided tour please read our terms and conditions.
Terms and conditions for group tours of Siida
- Price of guided tour does not include price of admission.
- Group size: Max. 25 people/guide
- Guided tours must be booked in advance and confirmed by Siida Customer Service.
- Guided tours start at the confirmed time.
- A guided tour can be cancelled two days prior to the reserved time at no charge. A reserved guided tour will be charged in full if it not cancelled by this deadline.
- The guide will arrive 15 minutes before the tour begins.
- If the group is late, the guide will wait for at most 30 minutes from the time the booking has started and the guided tour will end according to the original timetable.
- If a group wants a guide to wait for longer and give them the full-length tour, the group will be charged 35 euros per each new hour. The guide can wait, if he or she does not have other commitments.