The Artillery, Engineer and Signals Museum of Finland

The Artillery Museum of Finland is a special military museum dedicated to the records of the artillery from the fifteenth century to the cutting-edge. It became placed in Niinisalo from 1977 to 1997. In 1997 it changed into relocated to Hameenlinna. A museum devoted to the sphere artillery become mentioned in Finland already within the Thirties but the struggle years placed an end to that discussion. The concept changed into revived again in the starting of the Seventies. A opportunity of setting up the museum regarded feasible but the place became intricate. Proximity of some large artillery garrison became considered best for the museum.

In the heart of Satakunta, in Niinisalo, a suitable building changed into determined. An empty college of Saloharju become rented to Tykkimiehet Association via the borough of Kankaanpaa. The big artillery garrison of Niinisalo changed into placed quite near. The museum become founded on 2 July 1977 in Niinisalo underneath the call Artillery Museum. The first-rate public did now not, but, quite find its way to the museum, likely due to its remoteness.