Vartiovuori Observatory
Vartiovuori Observatory. Photo: Åbo Akademi University Foundation.

Vartiovuori Observatory

360˚ virtual exhibition

Finland’s first observatory building was erected in 1817–1819 on Vartiovuori Hill in Turku. The design of the building for the Royal Academy of Turku Institute of Astronomy followed drawings made by Carl Ludvig Engel.

About the exhibition

The building has later housed, among other things, a maritime school, a maritime museum, and an art museum. In 2007, the Observatory was transferred to the ownership of the Åbo Akademi University Foundation, and in 2025 the building was taken into use by the Lundén Architecture office.

Museum
Vartiovuoren tähtitorni
Theme
History

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