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Hugo Simberg, Sheep Girl, 1913. Tampere Art Society collection. Photo: Museokuva. THE MUSEUMS OF LAPPEENRANTA 2015

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THE MUSEUMS OF LAPPEENRANTA

2015

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The museums at the fortress of Lappeenranta will host an exhibition displaying various perspectives of the Karelian isthmus, opening in the spring. Barefoot: 10 Lives in the Karelian Isthmus is a joint exhibition situated in both the South Karelia Museum and South Karelia Art Museum. The exhibition will be constructed round ten narrators. The narrators are real people. They represent various milieus and regions, various socioeconomic groups, women, men and children. Each of them brings with them diff erent kinds of historical periods and events. They also bring a timeline to the exhibition which is organic and generational – not dictated on the State level or by political history. The individuals are new acquaintances to visitors to the museum and – presented in this new connection – they are surprising. They make a deep impression and rouse emotional reactions. Each person and his/her milieu are presented in the exhibition by means of short biographical text together with photographs, as well as a wide variety of objects, related collections and works of art. As a result, the exhibition does not compartmentalize the style of narration in the manner of art collections and historical collections: rather, the various types of ”evidence” in the exhibition are able to complement each other. The exhibition architecture is also adventurous: the scale extends from robust artefacts to immaterial works.

The ten narrators are completed by the isthmus – above all, by the fates of the Terijoki villas (for instance, Harppulinna (the “Harp Palace”) and Penaty). The exhibition presents, in photographs, a few villas whose various stages make them ‘persons’ in their own right. The stages of the villas illustrate how Russian summer paradises were rendered after 1918 into tourist destinations for the Finnish middle class. The interests aff ecting the encounter between the two nations, land ownership and tourism were partly parallel but also contradictory.

26 April 2015 – 10 January 2016Barefoot: 10 Lives in the Karelian Isthmus

Harppulinna villa (“Harp Palace”), Kellomäki. South Karelia Museum.

Practising: a smuggler on the Sestra (Rajajoki) River. Border Museum.

Leonid Andreyev and Anna Andreyeva in the garden of the house at Vammelsuu. Leeds University Library, Special Collections.

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Janne Muusari, From the Harbour. South Karelia Art Museum.

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As one part of the exhibition, “Kinolinna” (“Picture Show Castle”) provides the visitor with the opportunity to view photos, short fi lms, documentaries, fi ctional fi lms and multimedia as well as learn about the literature on the Karelian isthmus. The visitor can also record memories of the isthmus related to his/her family or tell about a person from the Karelian isthmus who is his/her “eleventh isthmus”.

Väinö Rautio, A View from Vyborg (Viipuri), 1919. South Karelia Art Museum.

Swimmers on the shores of Kuokkala, 1935. South Karelia Museum.

Hilma Ylä-Outinen holds a sheep in her lap. Photographer: Hugo Simberg, 1913.Finnish National Gallery.

Matti Taskinen, Old Tree in Torkkelinpuisto Park,1936. South Karelia Art Museum.

Two narrators always share one museum room. Two people and their livelihoods, contrasts and connections provide new insight in unison in the visitor’s mind.

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SOUTH KARELIA MUSEUMKristiinankatu 15, The Fortress of Lappeenranta Tel. +358 5 616 2255Tel. +358 5 616 2261

Opening hoursWinter season: 2 January – 7 June and 25 August – 30 DecemberTues-Sun 11 am – 5 pm

Summer season: 8 June – 23 AugustMon–Fri 10 am – 6 pmSat–Sun 11 am – 5 pm

AdmissionCombination ticket for the Fortress MuseumsAdults €7Pensioners, students, the unemployed €6Free admission to those under the age of 18

10 March – 25 April Free general admission to the South Karelia Museum: permanent exhibition opening hours.

Free admission on ’Museum Fridays’:Spring season: 2 Jan, 6 Feb, 6 Mar, 10 Apr, 8 MayAutumn season: 4 Sept, 2 Oct, 6 Nov, 4 Dec

South Karelia Museum is closed on the following dates:1 January, 3–4 April, 6 April,1 and 14 May,19–20 June, 6, 24–26 and 31 December

The Museum Shop is open during the opening hours of the museum.

South Karelia Museum is located at the northernmost tip of the Fortress of Lappeenranta in a warehouse that was originally built as an artillery depot. The museum buildings are different from the neoclassical brick garrisons of the fortress, as they were constructed using local stone.

The ongoing exhibition Three Karelian Cities relates the central chapters in the history of Lappeenranta, Vyborg, and Priozersk, which has been affected by their location along accessible routes on the border of East and West. Like many border towns, multiculturalism has been the defining aspect of these three cities as well. As Three Karelian Cities is a large ongoing exhibition, it offers things to see and learn for more than just one museum visit.

There is also a miniature model of the town of Vyborg in the ongoing exhibition. It presents Vyborg as it was on September 2, 1939. There are screenings of films about the life in Lappeenranta, Vyborg, and Priozersk in the museum cinema. The aim of the exhibition is to provide information and experiences concerning the history of South Karelia for all ages. There is also a mini exhibition for children and a play area with Pekka – the toy barge.

The collections of South Karelia Museum include items and photographs from Lappeenranta and the rest of the South Karelia region, as well from the Karelian Isthmus that is now part of Russia. The collections are showcased both in ongoing and changing exhibitions.

In addition to exhibitions, the South Karelia Museum organizes guided tours, various events and workshops.

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Until March 1, 2015 Everyday AlphabetEveryday Alphabet depicts the most ordinary things from A to Ö, the last letter of the Finnish alphabet. Twenty-nine alphabets provide the first letters to words that take the story of the exhibition to different places and times. In this exhibition, the visitors can try and test all kinds of things to experience and understand what life used to be like. The storyline of the exhibition is aimed at children and its protagonists are two siblings – a school kid and a preschooler. The exhibition is produced by The Finnish Labour Museum Werstas.

Sari Poijärvi: Sam Yaffa, Michael Monroe / Hanoi Rocks, 1982.

Sari Poijärvi: Katarina Boijer, 1986.

Sari Poijärvi: 80’s Fashion,1983.

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A shop from the 1950’s at the Everyday Alphabet exhibition.

26 April 2015 – 10 January 2016 Barefoot: 10 Lives in the Karelian Isthmus (see pp. 2–3)

Until March 1, 2015 The 80’sThis exhibition of photographic artist Sari Poijärvi paints an image of a colourful decade through the eyes of a photography student, photo journalist, and a photographic artist. It narrates the atmosphere of the 80’s and the emerging city culture with its events, parties, clubs and countless peace marches. Through Poijärvi’s versatile art, the cultural turning point in Finnish photographic art can be detected, whilst the history of the 80’s photography is being made. The decade also witnessed the breakthrough of many female photographers – Sari Poijärvi being among the first ones.

SOUTH KARELIA MUSEUM’S CHANGING EXHIBITIONS IN 2015

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SOUTH KARELIA ART MUSEUMKristiinankatu 8-10The Fortress of LappeenrantaTel. +358 5 616 2256Tel. +358 5 616 2261

Opening hoursWinter season: 2 January – 8 March, 26 April – 7 June and 25 August – 30 DecemberTues-Sun 11 am – 5 pm

Summer season: 8 June – 23 AugustMon–Fri 10 am–6 pmSat–Sun 11 am–5 pm

AdmissionCombination ticket for the Fortress MuseumsAdults €7Pensioners, students, the unemployed €6Free admission to those under the age of 18

Free admission on ’Museum Fridays’:Spring season: 2 January, 6 February, 6 March, 8 May Autumn season: 4 September, 2 October, 6 November, 4 December

South Karelia Art Museum is closed on the following dates:1 January7–16 January (change of exhibition)9 March – 25 April (change of exhibition)1 and 14 May, 19–20 June, 6, 24–26 and 31 December

The Museum Shop Sulotar is open during the opening hours of the museum.

The South Karelia Art Museum, which is the Regional Art Museum of South-Eastern Finland, is located in the Fortress of Lappeenranta in yellow neoclassical barracks opposite the Orthodox Church. These yellow barracks were built in 1798.

Art Museum presents a versatile overview of artistic phenomena. The main focus is on Finnish contemporary art, but the history of art is featured regularly too in exhibitions of art from the past. One of the museum’s priorities is to showcase art from South-Eastern Finland, but every now and then international exhibitions are arranged as well.

The museum collection is primarily composed of Finnish art from the 19th century to the present day. The largest and the most important single collection was accumulated by Viipurin Taiteenystävät ry (Vyborg Friends of Art). The contemporary art collection focuses on art from South-Eastern Finland.

In addition to changing exhibitions, the Art Museum offers supplementary programmes, such as guided tours, events and workshops. Together all museums of Lappeenranta have a customer panel and a museum club.

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7SOUTH KARELIA MUSEUM’S CHANGING EXHIBITIONS IN 2015

Until January 6, 2015 Different Styles – Dialogues in Time and Space

17 January – 8 March 2015 Five rooms – Maija Helasvuo, Helinä Hukkataival, Johanna Ilvessalo, Anni Rapinoja, Anne Tompuri and Annu VertanenThe Five rooms exhibition presents works of art by artists who have six individual voices and are of various ages. Despite the different kinds of materials, techniques and themes, these artists are united not only by their cooperation over the years but also their open-minded and frequently novel approaches to the use of materials and expression. The group’s mutual presentation creates a combined space and world where works of art and artists are engaged in conversation.

Helinä Hukkataival, Never lazy at all (from the series: The first one has to be Martta), 2014, performance intervention. Photo: Merja Tanhua.

Maija Helasvuo, Bundle (from the series: Changing flowers), 2012.Photo: Ahti Kaukoniemi.

Annu Vertanen, Transition, 2012. Photo: Jussi Tiainen.

Johanna Ilvessalo, Amongst the raindrops (detail), 2012.Photo: Jussi Tiainen.

Anni Rapinoja, Natural lights series (detail), 2014. Photo: A. Rapinoja.

Anne Tompuri, Through the dense dark, 2013. Photo: Tommi Kähärä.

26 April 2015 – 10 January 2016 Barefoot: 10 Lives in the Karelian Isthmus (see pp. 2–3)

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The merchant’s house – known since 1872 as The Wolkoff House – was built in 1826 by the businessman J. Claudelin on Kauppakatu Street, where Lappeenranta market square and town hall also relocated to from the Fortress. After the Claudelin family in the 1860’s, the house was owned by merchants Sotikoff, Sohin, Slasnikov and Žirjakov.

Ivan Wolkoff came from Yaroslavl, Russia, to Lappeenranta already in the 1840’s, but was registered in Orthodox parish only in 1856. He started his career as a gardener and a butcher before becoming a merchant in the Fortress with the Kuvšinov family, who came to the town in the late 18th Century as serfs. In 1871, Ivan Wolkoff was granted Finnish citizenship and the right to practice merchant activity. Ivan and his wife Ljubov had ten children, of whom sons Mihail (1859–1901) and Nikolai (1876–1912) took on their father’s business. The house on Kauppakatu was inhabited by Nikolai and his St Petersburg born wife Maria (1875–1933) with their two children Johannes (1900–1969) and Anna (1901–1983). During their time in 1905, the house was extended with the wing on the Ainonkatu Street.

Johannes studied agronomy and lived in his childhood home with his wife Martta (1902–1982) and their five children. He was

THE WOLKOFF HOUSE MUSEUMKauppakatu 26, LappeenrantaTel. +358 5 616 2258 Tel. +358 5 616 2261

Opening hours

Winter season: 7 March – 7 June and 29 August – 6 January Sat–Sun 11 am–5 pm

Summer season: 8 June – 23 AugustMon–Fri 10 am–6 pmSat–Sun 11 am–5 pm

AdmissionAdults €7Pensioners, students, the unemployed €6Free admission to those under the age of 18

The Wolkoff House Museum is closed on the following dates:7 January–6 March, 19–20 June6, 24–25 and 31 December, 1 January

Other times open on requestReservations Tel.+358 5 616 2261• Dramatized tours• School and daycare groups

Entrance on guided tours that start from the Wolkoff Museum shop:

In Russian and English only during summer Jun 8–Aug 23

10:45 only Mon–Fri11:4512:4513:4514:4515:4516:45 only Mon–Fri

Tours are in Finnish, audio tours in Russian and in English

Times10:15 only during summer11:1512:1513:1514:1515:1516:1517:15 only during summer

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in connection with the Wolkoff House Museum, there is a small Wolkoff Museum Shop.

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responsible for the garden and the Wolkoff farms. Anna completed an MA in languages and lived in Imatra after getting married. When her husband, MSc Techn Väinö Nissinen, died in 1938, Anna continued teaching in Imatra until she was given a teaching post at Lappeenranta secondary school. Anna is remembered as a legendary German and Russian teacher.

The Wolkoff House was home to four generations of Wolkoffs until the heirs of Johannes Wolkoff decided to turn it into a museum in 1986. In addition to the shop, there are altogether seven rooms and a kitchen in the house. The museum was inaugurated in the summer 1993. The former shop is now a museum shop, where the guided tours of the Wolkoff home start from. The annex in the backyard now accommodates a restaurant, and there’s a wine bar in the footing of the main building.

Easter at the Wolkoff HouseSat 28 March – Sun 29 March, Tues 31 March – Thu 2 AprilSat 4 April – Sun 5 April

The Wolkoff House museum is decorated every Easter according to the family traditions. Easter is the most important celebration of the Orthodox Church year, and the Wolkoffs used to lay the small drawing room tables with white tablecloths and Easter delicacies, such as pasha,

baba, kuliches, and Easter ornaments. The fast ends on the night of the great Saturday, when the pastries and painted eggs were first taken to church for consecration to be afterwards devoured at home. The servings were left on show for visitors during the following week, and therefore the pastries were made in abundance. The Easter ended on Ascension Day, until which the eggs decorating the icons and the consecrated willow branches stayed in place.

Christmas at the Wolkoff House Tues 8 December – Wed 23 DecemberSat 26 December – Wed 30 December Sat 2 January – Wed 6 January 2016

Christmas is celebrated at the Wolkoff House following the traditions of Johannes Wolkoff and his family. A tree that reaches up to the ceiling is decorated in the dining hall. The Christmas trees were brought from the Lavola farm by carriage loads and they were donated to the Fortress church, the parsonage, and to family friends. Flower baskets received as Christmas greetings and the amaryllis grown by Martta Wolkoff created part of the atmosphere. Although the family followed Orthodox Church year traditions, they celebrated Christmas Eve according to the Finnish ones. Before them, present were given on Christmas morning, which marked the end of the fast and the start of the festivities that lasted until the Epiphany.

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THE CAVALRY MUSEUMKristiinankatu 2, The Fortress of LappeenrantaTel. +358 5 616 2257 Tel. +358 5 616 2261

Opening hoursSummer season: 8 June – 23 AugustMon–Fri 10 am–6 pmSat–Sun 11 am–5 pmOther times open by reservation

Admission Combination ticket for the Fortress Museums Adults €7Pensioners, students, the unemployed €6

You can also buy a ticket only for the Cavalry Museum:Adults €3.50Pensioners, students, the unemployed €2.50

Free admission to those under the age of 18

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The Cavalry Museum is located in the Fortress of Lappeenranta in a guardhouse built for the Russian garrison in 1772. The museum was founded in collaboration between the cavalry tradition detachment and associations, and the City of Lappeenranta in 1973.

The museum’s exhibition showcases the history of the Finnish cavalry starting from the Hakkapeliitta cavalry men of the Swedish regime until the modern day cavalry tradition. The exhibition focuses on the cavalry regiment posted in Lappeenranta. The first Finnish cavalry regiment founded after the Finnish War (1808–1809) was called The Finnish Dragoon Regiment (1889–1901). The regiment was located in Lappeenranta in the garrison constructed exclusively for its purposes, and its significance in the town’s history cannot be underestimated. After Finland gained independence, the Cavalry Brigade was founded in 1921 uniting the cavalry regiments of Uusimaa and Häme. The dragoons and

cavalrymen in their skeleton jackets and red trousers belonged to the Lappeenranta townscape from the 1920’s until the end of the 1940’s.

Cavalry soldiers over the ages.

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GALLERY LAURAKauppakatu 25, Tasihin HouseLappeenranta

Tel. +358 40 684 9554 Taito Shop

Tel. +358 40 838 6592 Enquiries on the exhibitions

Free entrance

Gallery Laura is located in the Tasihin House on Kauppakatu Street. The empire-style house was built between 1824 and 1828, and before the Tasihin family, it was owned by merchants Kuvšinov, Aleksandrov and Žirjakov. The Tasihins came from Tver in the late 1890’s and gave up their delicatessen already in 1917. In 1979, they sold their house to the city of Lappeenranta.

The house was renovated in 2008 and now accommodates a gallery named after arts and crafts specialist Laura Korpikaivo-Tamminen, an arts and crafts shop and the local office of Finnish Crafts Organization.

The South Karelia Museum organizes an exhibition at Gallery Laura each year. The theme of the exhibitions changes from year to year, but is always connected to arts and crafts.

11 Sep–14 Nov, 2015 Women at WorkLooking after the home is traditionally regarded as the domain of women, but many women have also impacted urban business life within the hand and cottage industries. In the autumn 2015 exhibition, we’ll have a glimpse at what the working life of the women of Lappeenranta has looked like outside the home.

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Employees of the Saimaa felt factory at work.

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Lappeenrannan kaupunkikiinteistö- ja mittaustoimi 2014

ALL INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE

MUSEUM ADMINISTRATIONBox 239, 53101 LappeenrantaStreet address: Kristiinankatu 9Tel. +358 5 616 [email protected]

• Group reservations• Guided tour reservations for groups• Renting of premises

The Museums of Lappeenranta:www.lappeenranta.fi/museot

www.facebook.com/lappeenrannanmuseot South Karelian Museum Portal:www.etelakarjalanmuseot.fi Get to know the Fortress on your smartphone or tablet:www.seinatonmuseo.fi/lappeenranta

Publications from the Lappeenranta museums online: www.issuu.com/lappeenrannanmuseot

Living South Karelian Museum Environment blog:www.elavamuseo.blogspot.com

Museum shop Sulotar:www.linnoituksenpuodit.fi