Vapriikki Museum Centre

Museokeskus Vapriikki
Established	1996
Location	Tampella, Tampere, Finland
Coordinates	61°30′11″N 23°45′38″E / 61.5030°N 23.7605°E / 61.5030; 23.7605
Visitors	c. 170,000 (2019) [1]
Owner	City of Tampere
Website	vapriikki.fi/en/

The Vapriikki Museum Centre ( Finnish: Museokeskus Vapriikki) is a cluster of museums operating in the old factory premises of Tampella, in Tampere, Finland. The name Vapriikki derives from the Swedish word fabrik, meaning factory. ^[2]

Overview

The facility was first opened to the public in 1996, ^[3] and the centre was completed in 2000. ^[4]

In 2019, the centre was visited by over 170,000 visitors. ^[1]

Of the total floor area of 14,000 square metres (150,000 sq ft), approximately half is available for exhibitions and other public use. ^[4]

In 2017, Vapriikki Museum Centre was chosen as the "Museum of the Century" in a public vote to mark the 100th anniversary of Finnish independence. ^[3]

Museums

Museums based in the centre include: ^{[4] [3]}

• Natural History Museum of Tampere
• Rupriikki Media Museum
• Finnish Museum of Games
• Finnish Ice Hockey Museum and the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame
• Postal Museum (Postimuseo)
• Doll and Dress Museum (Nukke- ja pukumuseo)
• Pirkanmaa Regional Museum (Pirkanmaan maakuntamuseo)

References

External links

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