Collections

The museum documents the life of ironworkers´and the unique enviroment of the Iron works by collecting and doing research on objects, pictures and stories from the area. The collections of to day represent the culture at the Iron works from the begining of the 19th century to middle of the 20th century. The article collection consists of about 5300 items.

The picture collection comprises about 3300 items, mostly photographs from Fiskars for example wiews, buildnings and portraits of people. The colleciton also contains some pictures from other places in Pohja, for example the works Billnäs, Antskog and Åminnefors.

The picture collection is situated in Pohja Localhistory Archive close the the museum. Pictures may be ordered as digital or printed copies. Pricelist. Orders are to be adressed to the museums Amanuensis Lotta Friberg +358 19 237013, fiskars.museum@dnainternet.net

The Inauguration scissors

In the Industy room you can find the big inauguration scissors. They have most likely been made for the world exhibition in Paris in 1900. Nowadays these famous scissors can be lent for different inaugurations. These scissors have for example been all the way to USA at the opening of the Fiskars factory in Wassau, Wisconsin.