The Kuopio Orthodox Church Museum is one of the most important church museums in Western Europe. Museums in Western Europe. It is subordinate to the Finnish Orthodox Church's ecclesiastical Finnish Orthodox Church Board and has the status of a state museum. The museum was founded in 1957 and the building was built in 1969. The museum's exposition includes icons, liturgical vestments, church utensils brought from Valaam and Konevets monasteries. Most Most of the museum's collection dates back to the XVIII-XIX centuries, and the oldest items date back to the Middle Ages. Middle Ages. Many exhibits came to the museum during World War II.
