Amuri Museum of Workers' Housing, Tampere is a popular tourist destination in the city of Tampere. The site of the museum enclose 32 apartments which follow the architectural style of the buildings constructed in 1880. At Amuri Museum of Workers' Housing, Tampere you will get a picture of the lives of the local industrial workers covering a century staring from 1880 till 1970.
The quarter of Amuri Museum of Workers' Housing, Tampere comprise five residential and four outhouses. You will find an entire block built of wood which is furnished just like the original houses, the way the original inhabitants of the houses lived.
The region of Amuri in Tampere was the first area in Finland to be inhabited by the workers of the different factories. In fact, Amuri owes its name to the river Amur which flows through the region and had been the home to innumerable migrant workers who came and settled in the place in the year 1860. At present only one block of house left which has survived the test of time and reminds of the old days.
At Amuri Museum of Workers' Housing, Tampere there are two shops one of which is a cobbler's shop dating back to the 1906, a bakery of the 1930s and a cooperative store and a stationary and a haberdashery which belong to the 1940 apart from a public sauna. You will also find the old cafe Amurin Helmi.
Amuri Museum of Workers' Housing, Tampere is one of the most attractive home museums in the country of Finland. The museum is open from Tuesday to Sunday from 10 in the morning till 6 in the evening.
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