Finding the Lenin museum was a challenge. It is a small 2 room museum with lots of documents and photos. The free short English guidebook explains each display and it's historic significance. The location of the museum where Lenin met Stalin gives it extra significance. It also gave me an understanding of the historical relationship between Finland and the Soviet Union. It cost 5 euros.
I did not know much about Lenin and this museum gave me some insight on the man. It is a small museum but very much worth a visit if you are interested in history.
This museum feels a bit like a Time Machine. You feel like in a museum in the Eastern block in the 70s and story telling is quite biased. Displays are only in Russian and Finnish. You can get however a booklet with a translation in the English. The history is interesting in a way because it was Lenin who made the independence of Finland possible but only of course as a part of the Bolshevik revolution. A capitalistic democratic Finland was not part of his plan.
This is a small collection of documents and photos detailing Lenin's life and his involvement with Finland. Lenin is described in a very sympathetic way and it is interesting to see history from this point of view. Worth spending an hour browsing if you are a history buff.
This is one of the few museum's outside former eastern block. My political view's don't match with Lenin, but it was interesting to visit there. If you are interested of political history, or you like to know more about socialism and atmosphere of the time 100 years ago, pay a visit.
In my understanding there are not "Lenin museums" left in the world so this is a rare item indeed. I take one star off as it is quite small. Quite a "retro" place but then again what would you expect :-) . Do not forget to buy some "CCCP-memorabilia" from the museum shop!
An interesting delve into Lenin's experiences inn Finland. Lots of pictures and memorabilia, but no explanations in English in the displays. The staff was friendly and helpful. A fun little gift shop adjoined the two rooms of the museum.
This is great little museum and I was very impressed at the amount of historical documents and photos of Lenin they had.This was my favorite attraction in Tampere.
This museum is relatively easy to find; there is a sign out on the sidewalk to assure you that you're in the right place. The museum is up on "Floor 2 1/2." The curators speak English and are quick to hand you a translation packet in English (or any other target language) that cover the two permanent exhibits.The first exhibit covers Lenin's life from cradle to grave. The second covers Lenin's life and works with respect to Finland. The English translation packets are highly informative if somewhat dense and slow-moving, but chairs are provided for you to read and absorb at you leisure. The labels of the actual artifacts are, sadly, only in Finnish. Nevertheless, I was able to learn a great deal about Finnish history during the period of Lenin's life.The museum shop has a variety of Lenin-themed knickknacks as well as books in Finnish and English that are available for purchase.I would highly recommend this if you visit Tampere.
Allow a few hours to stay and browse. This was a most unexpected "find" for us. Really worth the visit.