The Shopkeeper's Museum
The Shopkeeper's Museum is a culturally and historically valuable log building completed in 1841. There are courtyard buildings in its courtyard, the last of which were built in the 1870s. Craftsmen from various fields have lived and worked in the house and courtyard, and lastly, the merchant family Muravjev, who ran a shop in the house.
The house was opened as a museum in the late 1970s. The museum presents the Finnish-Russian merchant tradition of the early 1900th century with its old shops and the everyday life of a craftsman with the courtyard apartments and outbuildings. Some of the courtyard buildings are open to the public in the summer.
-
The museum is closed until March 24, 2026. Open to groups by appointment during the closure.
Opening hours in summer 2026:
2.6.-9.8.
Tuesdays and Thursdays to Saturdays 10-16
Wednesdays 12:18-XNUMX p.m.
Sundays 2-4:00 PM
closed on Midsummer 19-21.6 June.10.-29.8.
Wednesdays 14:18-XNUMX p.m.
Thursday to Saturday 12-16
-
The museum's interior is decorated at Christmas and Easter with seasonal objects and texts written in the form of stories. The fictional stories describe the lives of the house's residents in the past.
In the summer, the museum's charming old-fashioned enclosed courtyard with its buildings is opened, along with a changing exhibition theme.
PENDING:
Summer exhibition 2.6.-29.8.2026
Picture, please!: the cultural history of children's bodiesAttitudes towards children have changed enormously in Finland, as in other Western countries, over the past couple of hundred years. Whereas children were once blamed for their innate evil and will, today there is concern about children being overly indulgent. Throughout history, professionals have even recommended unnatural parenting methods. Why does the human species never seem to know how to raise its young “properly”?
Christmas Story 28.11.2026- 3.1.2027
Mothers, strong in hopeThe Muravjev merchant family spends its first Christmas in the house on Kasarminkatu in 1906. Many mothers live in the courtyard with famous namesakes in Christian tradition. There are two Annas, the wives of a merchant and a chief constable, and two Marias, the wives of a tailor and a dyer. According to tradition, the mother of the Virgin Mary was named Anna.
The Christmas story at the Kauppiaantalamo Museum tells of holy mothers who have retained their position and significance in the Catholic and Orthodox Churches to this day.
-
Adults €6
Discount ticket €4 (students, pensioners, unemployed)
Free admission: children under 18, personal assistants, war and peacekeeping veterans, conscripts, members of the Hamina Museums Association.Free admission on Wednesdays!
You can also pay for the entrance ticket using the Kaikukortti Culture Card, Museokortti Museum Card, ePassi, and Smartum vouchers and the app.
-
The museum is located in the old city center near the town hall at Kasarminkatu 6. Street parking is available on Kasarminkatu, Pikkuympyräkatu, Isoympyräkatu or Raatihuoneentori. Street parking is free in Hamina.
The Kauppiaantalo Museum is partially accessible. The main entrance is up two flights of stairs and has no handrail. There are a few steps and a handrail in the museum's foyer. The entrance with the accessibility ramp is located on the museum's courtyard side. The museum courtyard can be accessed through the gate upon request from the staff. The interior passageways are narrow and there are thresholds between rooms. The courtyard is paved with cobblestones. The entrances to the courtyard buildings are located at the end of the stairs.
-
Kauppiaantalomuseon MattilaKasarminkatu 6
49400 Hamina