This museum is small and hidden.What museum is all about it’s skies and Lahti winter games. The first part of the museum covers the history of skiing in Finland, mainly as it relates to cross-country skiing and ski jumping but also touches on the role of skiing during the Winter War. The second part of the museum includes interactive games, including a ski jumping simulator and a biathlon shooting range. Upstairs there are also some special exhibits., even you are champion on game that won’t mean you should next try it real on real jump towers on area. Summer time biggest jump tower has open as observation tower. Ski exhibitions have been arranged in Lahti since 1926. In 1959 the Veteran Section of Lahti Ski Club proposed to the board of directors of the club that a Ski Museum be established and started collecting exhibits. During the 70’s the City of Lahti looked favourably on the project and the Ski Museum was founded in Lahti 1974. The present museum building, standing in the middle of the sport centrer, was opened on the 1st November in 1989. In the Ski Museum you can have fun with Wintersports. You can Jump from the biggest Ski-jump in Lahti, You can ski on a plastic Track, You can train Biathlon and do Downhill skiing. You can also have your own ski-jump competition.
museums and monumentssport and sport centersPaijanne Tavastia, FinlandLahti, Paijanne Tavastia, Finland