Siida’s exhibitions

Permanent exhibitions

Permanent exhibition

Permanent exhibition

Permanent exhibition

Our permanent exhibition links Sámi culture and northern nature to one another forming one whole, which offers a vivid and visual experience as well as an abundance of information. The Sámi Museum and the Nature Centre have worked together to produce the permanent exhibition.

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Siida´s Open-Air Museum

Permanent exhibition

Siida´s Open-Air Museum

Our Open-Air Museum has much to view. The museum area’s trail is approximately 800-metres-long and in the shape of a reindeer herder’s lasso. Along the trail visitors can view around 50 buildings and structures, which are grouped by their cultural area and their intended use. The displays tell about the cultural heritage, architectural heritage and livelihoods of Finland’s three Sámi...

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Skolt Sámi Heritage House exhibition

Permanent exhibition

Skolt Sámi Heritage House exhibition

The Sámi Museum also has a summer destination at the Skolt Sámi Cultural Centre in Sevettijärvi, where the Skolt Sámi Heritage House is located. The Heritage House and the Open-Air Museum on its grounds contain information on Skolt Sámi history and display the living and construction options from two different eras. There’s also a small museum shop at the Skolt...

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Temporary exhibitions

Kaamosmaisemia - Skábmaduovdagat

Temporary exhibition

Kaamosmaisemia – Skábmaduovdagat

12.10.2024 - 28.1.2025

Kaamosmaisemia – Skábmaduovdagat (Landscapes of the Polar Night) is an exhibition composed of sceneries of sound and movement and born from the emotional landscapes of the Polar Night. It is made of artistic short films in which the period of darkness is described in terms of subjective experiences. 

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Northern Taiga - Land of Willow Grouse and Rock Ptarmigan

Temporary exhibition

Northern Taiga – Land of Willow Grouse and Rock Ptarmigan

6.10.2024−26.1.2025

Exhibition, “Northern Taiga − Land of Willow Grouse and Rock Ptarmigan”, shows survivors, Willow Grouse and Rock Ptarmigan, which have perfectly adapted to the northern taiga over the times, in their own habitats.

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Past exhibitions

Take another view on the past exhibitions of  Siida.

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Online exhibitions

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Online exhibition

Anarâš – The Inari Sámi

The webs page tells about the history and the culture of the Inari Sámi. The abundant information package has been produced in cooperation with Anarâskielâ servi, the Inari Sámi language association. The web page is available in Inari Sámi, Finnish and English.

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Online exhibition

Sää’mjie’llem – The Skolt Sámi

The web page contains information on the history and the customs of the Skolt Sámi in Skolt Sámi, Finnish and English.

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Online exhibition

Eatnanšaddu

The Eatnanšaddu web page tells about the wild plants used by the Sámi, the environments they grow in and the ways in which they are used. The plant database contains information on approximately 50 wild plants.

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