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| The Finnish Forest Museum Lusto | |
|---|---|
Metsämuseo Lusto Музей леса Lusto Musée Lusto 卢斯托博物馆 | |
 The Finnish Forest Museum Lusto | |
  Location within Finland | |
| General information | |
| Classification | Museum |
| Location | Punkaharju, Finland |
| Address | Lustontie 1 |
| Coordinates | 61°47′56″N 29°19′18″E / 61.7989°N 29.3218°E |
| Construction started | 1991 |
| Construction stopped | 1994 |
| Opened | 1994 |
| Client | Board of Public Building |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | [[Mahlamäki, [Lahdelma|Lahdelma]]] |
The Finnish forest museum Lusto is located in Punkaharju and currently belongs to the city of Savonlinna Lusto is an expert in forest culture and a mediator of reliable information. It is a national museum of responsibility, its territory is a forest and everything related to it.
Building
The Lusto building, completed in 1994, has been chosen as a sample of Finnish modern architecture of the 20th century. The main designers of the larch-lined concrete frame building are architects Rainer Mahlamäki and Ilmari Lahdelma. As the name suggests, the original Lusto building is round, like the annual ring of a tree.The area of the Lusto building is 6,000 square meters, of which 2,500 square meters are exhibition space.
The extension part of Lusto was opened to the public in 2008, and with the new building regulations, it was possible to use more wood in the construction, for example in the frame.
Lusto Exhibition Spaces are different from traditional, neutral museum space, as they have tried to continue the impression of the forest, for example by means of variable lighting and spaces of different heights and shapes.
Services
There is a museum restaurant in Lusto, currently renovating the museum and restaurant. Restaurant open again in May 2024.
Exhibitions
Lusto has exhibitions from the past to the present and the future.
- The birth and reform of Lusto. The exhibition recounts the birth history of Lusto and tells about future reforms.
- Machine time, Machine time tells about the mechanization of wood harvesting and the development of the industry.
- Old logging site, An exhibition about old-time logging
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Lusto interior -
Timberjack walking forestharvester in Lusto -
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Information for the visitor
The exhibitions and atmosphere as well as the significant architecture of the Lusto building. Give yourself and other guests time and the opportunity to get to know the exhibitions in complete peace.
The ideation of the content of the new exhibition began in 2019. The new basic exhibition, which is currently being built and finished, is called The Land of Forestfulness.
Visitors
In 2019, 42,000 people visited Lusto, which was the largest number of visitors in the 21st century.
Sources
Lusto official website https://lusto.fi/
List of museums in Finland
https://lma.fi/projects/lusto