Things to see and do Tuusula

The museum tells the story of the Lotta Svärd organisation, the largest national defence organisation created in 1918 after Finland's independence and composed of women who voluntarily joined the national army. It illustrates the history of women in Finland through the exhibition of part of the collection of 6,000 objects and 12,000 photos. There are permanent, temporary and even one outdoor exhibition on the ambulance trains. Possibility of guided tours. On site: a café and a souvenir shop.

A marvellous chalet-studio by the painter Pekka Halonen (1865-1933), built in the romantic style on the shores of Lake Tuusula. There are also temporary exhibitions of paintings by Halonen's great contemporary artists, who were champions of national Romanticism. Pekka Halonen is a representative of the National Romantic style as well as Karelianism (a cultural movement of the late 19th century, which describes the political movement in the Grand Duchy of Finland aimed at spreading a Romantic vision of the Karelian region)