Gold Museum in Tankavaara - Finnish and international gold prospecting history

A Surprise in the middle of Wilderness

Tankavaara is home for the only international museum in the world displaying past and present of gold panning and prospecting. The main exhibition presents the history of gold prospecting in Lapland. The Golden World – International Gold History exhibition presents over twenty countries all over the world.

Gold Museum is open year round. Exhibition texts are available in Finnish, English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Swedish.