The Museum of Northern Ostrobothnia is located in a park in Oulu. This provincial museum of cultural history was founded in 1896. After a fire in 1929, the wooden villa in which it was located and some of the museum exhibits were destroyed. A new stone building designed by Oiva Kallio was completed in 1931.
The four floors of the museum are occupied by the main exhibition, an area of 1,100 m2. The lower floor of the museum is dedicated to seasonal and children's exhibitions. The exhibitions for children are based on books by Finnish children's author Mauri Kunnas. On the ground floor there is a large-scale model of the pre-war centre of Oulu in 1938. The main exhibitions are held on the other floors. The exposition is divided into thematic sections that cover the history of the region from all sides - prehistory, peasant lifestyle, church, industry, culture, etc. The exposition is organised into three sections.
