Siida’s exhibitions

Permanent exhibitions

Main exhibition

Permanent exhibition

Main exhibition

Our main 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 exhibition was co-produced by The Sámi Museum and Metsähallitus.

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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, built heritage and livelihoods of the 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

Polar Lights

Temporary exhibition

Polar Lights

14.4.— 30.9.2025

Rayann Elzein is a French nature photographer and polar expedition leader based in Utsjoki, the northernmost municipality of the Finnish Sapmi. His work is deeply rooted in the Arctic landscapes that surround him daily — silent forests, frozen rivers, reindeer trails, and the shifting skies of the Northern Lights. Through his photography, Rayann captures both the delicate stillness and raw...

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Beneath the lake bed

Temporary exhibition

Beneath the lake bed

22.5.2025 – 30.10.2025

Geahčan botniid duohkái – Beneath the lake bed – an exhibition where Sámi handicrafts, duodji, are intertwined with art and poetry. Sámi artists Jouni S. Laiti and Kirsi Máret Paltto combine traditional materials – cardboard, reindeer horn and wool – with industrial materials to create works that bring together past and present.

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Past exhibitions

Take another view on the past exhibitions of  Siida.

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Online exhibitions

anaras

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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kolttaelamaa

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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