Akvarellimaalaus, jonk motiivi on Hangon itäinen lahti vuonna 1876. Kopio Alex R. Spoofin taulusta. Akvarell över östra viken 1876. Kopia av Alex R. Spoofs original. A watercolor painting of the eastern bay in 1876. A copy of the original painting made by Alex R. Spoof.

Exhibitions

Where Land & Sea Meet

Hangö Museum opens its main exhibition
15.5.2025

Located by the sea, Hanko has always been a gateway to the world—but also a place to which people have returned despite war and hardship. Come and experience its fascinating history.

Follow the emigrants on their journey to America in the early 1900s—what was it like to leave one’s homeland behind and travel into the unknown? Pause at a peaceful pier and get acquainted with local life in the archipelago. Dive down to the Garpen wreck and discover the objects hidden beneath the waves.

Learn about industry in Hanko – where everything between heaven and earth has been produced. Sunny Hanko also presents itself at its best here, and a 19th-century villa invites you to take a look inside. Hanko’s unique nature comes vividly to life.

Adelaide

Part of the clothing collection will be displayed with the main exhibition
15.5.2025 – 18.4.2027

In the 1990s, the Hanko Museum was gifted a unique collection of ladies’ dresses spanning six generations. The ladies of the family had unpicked the dresses into parts and wrapped them in newspaper. The newspaper kept pests at bay and ensured that the fabric laid flat. Thanks to the peculiar storage method, these culturally and historically important dresses are well preserved.

Adelaide’s daughter, Tekla Ekestubbe, and granddaughter, Dordi Sundblom, carefully preserved six generations of textiles. This unique collection will be showcased at Hanko Museum in rotating exhibitions every two years.

Welcome to explore the history of craftsmanship and fashion!

Anna Aurora Adelaide Armfelt’s dress, c. 1860

Glimpse

Visit Hanko in the 1870s
13.6.2024–September 2025

The city of Hanko turns 150 years in 2024. Finland’s first winter harbor and the Hanko–Hyvinkää railway were built in 1873. These were important steps in the industrialization of Finland and its development into an independent country. When the city was founded there were only the ruins of the old fortress town and a fishing village. The city of Hanko was built from scratch. In our exhibition visitors get to known early Hanko – its inhabitants, buildings, challenges and dreas. The exhibition features watercolors painted by Alex R. Spoof’s 1876, which show early Hanko landscapes.

Hanko landscape painted by Alex R. Spoof.