Kierikki Stone Age Centre – The Advantages of Being an OpenArch Funded Project

Compared to other European countries, the number of Finnish archaeological open-air museums is limited. Currently, Kierikki and Saarijärvi Stone Age villages are the only two open-air museums under the care of professional museums. Both villages specialise in the Stone Age period (Kierriki 2015; Saa...

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Main Author: Leena Lehtinen
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Published: EXARC 2015
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:4c9e3e7a5fc24bdf8cad73b39f66f28e2021-12-01T14:42:32ZKierikki Stone Age Centre – The Advantages of Being an OpenArch Funded Project2212-8956https://doaj.org/article/4c9e3e7a5fc24bdf8cad73b39f66f28e2015-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://exarc.net/ark:/88735/10214https://doaj.org/toc/2212-8956Compared to other European countries, the number of Finnish archaeological open-air museums is limited. Currently, Kierikki and Saarijärvi Stone Age villages are the only two open-air museums under the care of professional museums. Both villages specialise in the Stone Age period (Kierriki 2015; Saarijärvi 2015). Apart from these two museums, Finland also has a couple of reconstructions of Viking age houses, however these do not fall under any museum care. Since 2013, Kierikki forms part of the Museum and Science Centre Luuppi, City of Oulu.Leena LehtinenEXARCarticlearchaeological open-air museumneolithicfinlandMuseums. Collectors and collectingAM1-501ArchaeologyCC1-960ENEXARC Journal, Iss 2015/4 (2015)
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topic archaeological open-air museum
neolithic
finland
Museums. Collectors and collecting
AM1-501
Archaeology
CC1-960
spellingShingle archaeological open-air museum
neolithic
finland
Museums. Collectors and collecting
AM1-501
Archaeology
CC1-960
Leena Lehtinen
Kierikki Stone Age Centre – The Advantages of Being an OpenArch Funded Project
description Compared to other European countries, the number of Finnish archaeological open-air museums is limited. Currently, Kierikki and Saarijärvi Stone Age villages are the only two open-air museums under the care of professional museums. Both villages specialise in the Stone Age period (Kierriki 2015; Saarijärvi 2015). Apart from these two museums, Finland also has a couple of reconstructions of Viking age houses, however these do not fall under any museum care. Since 2013, Kierikki forms part of the Museum and Science Centre Luuppi, City of Oulu.
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title_short Kierikki Stone Age Centre – The Advantages of Being an OpenArch Funded Project
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title_fullStr Kierikki Stone Age Centre – The Advantages of Being an OpenArch Funded Project
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