West Coast - Finland - page 449

( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; 02-567-9183;combined entry to 4 museums adult/child €7/free, single
entry €4/free)
Rauma Museum encompasses four sites. The impressive 1776-built Vanha Raatihuone
(Old Town Hall; MAP GOOGLE MAP ; 02-834-3532;Kauppakatu 13; 10am-5pm daily Jul,
10am-5pm Tue-Sun mid-May--Jun & Aug, noon-5pm Tue-Fri, 10am-2pm Sat, 11am-5pm Sun Jan-mid-
May & Sep-Dec) has lace and changing local history displays. Marela ( MAP GOOGLE MAP ;
02-834-3528;Kauppakatu 24; 10am-5pm daily Jul, 10am-5pm Tue-Sun mid-May-Jun & Aug,
noon-5pm Tue-Fri, 10am-2pm Sat, 11am-5pm Sun Jan-mid-May & Sep-Dec) is the period-furnished
home of a wealthy 19th-century merchant family. At the other end of the social scale,
Kirsti ( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; 02-834-3529;Pohjankatu 3; 10am-5pm daily Jul, 10am-5pm
Tue-Sun mid-May-Jun & Aug) , a lovable collection of lopsided wooden buildings, represents
home life through to the 1970s. Outside the Old Town (due to the fire risk), Savenvalajan
Verstas (Potter's Workshop; MAP GOOGLE MAP ; 044-793-3529;Nummenkatu 2;
11am-4pm Jul) once made distinctive stove tiles.
Pyhän Ristin Kirkko CHURCH
( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; www.rauma.seurakunta.net ;Luostarinkatu 1; 10am-6pm Mon-Fri, to 3pm
Sat, to 4pm Sun May-Sep)
This 15th-century Franciscan monastery church has early 16th-century frescoes and sever-
al beautiful painted panels, a Prussian triptych from the 15th century and an ornate pulpit.
Rauman Taidemuseo GALLERY
( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; 02-822-4346; www.raumantaidemuseo.fi ; Kuninkaankatu 37;adult/child
€5/free; 11am-5pm Mon-Thu, to 4pm Fri-Sun Jun-Aug, closed Mon Sep-May)
Changing exhibitions of traditional and modern art stretch over two sides of a courtyard
and two storeys.
Rauma Maritime Museum MUSEUM
( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; 02-822-4911; www.rmm.fi ;Kalliokatu 34;adult/child €9/3; 11am-5pm
daily Jun-mid-Aug, noon-4pm Mon-Fri & Sun May, noon-4pm Tue-Fri & Sun mid-Aug-late Aug,
noon-4pm Sun Sep-Apr)