The new exhibitions are now open!
Welcome and visit our new exhibitions Where land and sea meet and Adelaide. Our exhibitions Flash – visit Hanko of the 1870s is also open.
The museum is open Tuesday-Friday from 10 AM to 6 PM and Saturday-Sunday from 11 AM to 4 PM.
See and do at the museum of Hanko
The Museum of Hanko has moved to the old factory facilities of Manner at Pitkäkatu 17.
Upcoming exhibition this fall: Fragments of a World War. Hanko 1940-1941.
10.10.2025–31.8.2026
In March 1940, in accordance with the peace terms after the Winter War, Hanko was rented to the Soviet Union as a naval base. All Hanko residents were evacuated and approximately 30,000 Soviet soldiers and civilians were stationed on the cape. While Russian troops fortified Hanko, the Finns built a defensive line around Hanko. When war broke out in June 1941, 15,000 Finnish soldiers were stationed on the Hanko front. The Hanko 1941–1944 project was started by archaeologist PhD Jan Fast in 2018. The project aims to investigate the war events on the Hankoniemi cape from an interdisciplinary conflict archaeology perspective. The exhibition at the Museum of Hanko summarizes the research results from six fieldwork projects in 2018–2025.
