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Tampere Lenin Museum

Lenin Museum in Tampere, Finland
Former name	Finnish Lenin Museum Lenin Museo Tampere Workers’ Hall
Established	20 January 1946 (1946-01-20)
Dissolved	3 November 2024 (2024-11-03)
Location	Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland
Coordinates	61°29′45″N 23°45′06″E / 61.4958°N 23.7517°E / 61.4958; 23.7517
Type	Multiple generational history
Historian	Finnish Labour Museum Werstas
Owner	Finland-Russia Society Finland-Soviet Union Society
Website	www.lenin.fi/en/

The Tampere Lenin Museum (Finnish: Lenin-museo) was a museum devoted to Vladimir Lenin in Tampere, Finland. It was established in 1946 by the Finland–Soviet Union Society, and lately was ran by The Finnish Labour Museum Werstas. It was the first museum dedicated to Lenin outside the Soviet Union.

History

The museum is located in the Tampere Workers' Hall. Built in 1900, the building hosted underground meetings of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1905 and 1906. During December 1905, Vladimir Lenin met Joseph Stalin in person for the first time at the Tampere conference of 1905 deliberating the civil disorder of the Russian Revolution of 1905.

The museum has a permanent exhibition with material related to Lenin's life and the history of the Soviet Union. It also organizes varying exhibitions on different themes. The museum was awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples in 1986 by the council of Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the museum has developed a more critical view to Lenin's work and the Soviet Union.

In April 2024, the museum announced that it would close at the end of the year and reopen in February 2025 under the name Nootti, in reference to the Note Crisis in 1961 between Finland and the Soviet Union. The museum's director, Kalle Kallio, said that the changes were meant to reflect the changes in Finland–Russia relations and added that the museum's old name did not "do justice" to its exhibits. The museum closed on 3 November 2024.

Gallery

Frontal view of Lenin Museum

Exterior signage of Lenin MuseumEntrance to Tampere Workers’ Hall

Finnish Lenin Museum observance plaqueGallery of Tampere Workers’ Hall

References

1. Visit Tampere Retrieved 9 September 2013.
2. Tampere Lenin Museum Retrieved 9 September 2013.
3. "Goodbye Lenin — Tampere museum commemorating Soviet revolutionary to close". Yle. 24 April 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
4. Crossland, David (24 April 2024). "History catches up with Europe's last Lenin museum". The Times. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
5. Fenbert, Abbey (4 November 2024). "Finland closes world's last Lenin museum outside Russia". The Kyiv Independent. Retrieved 4 November 2024.

See also

External links

• Media related to Tampere Lenin Museum at Wikimedia Commons
• Tampere Lenin Museum Official Homepage

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Places of worship	Tampere Cathedral Old Church Church of the Alexander Nevsky and the Saint Nicholas Baptist Church Alexander Church Kaleva Church Finlayson Church Holy Cross Church
Universities and colleges	Tampere University University of Tampere University of Applied Sciences Police University College Vocational College Tredu
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