Sarka – The Finnish Museum of Agriculture
Sarka is an agricultural museum located in Loimaa, Southwest Finland. The name of the museum comes from a Finnish word meaning a strip of field. The first discussion on the need for a local museum of agriculture started as early as in the 1940s.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Sarkamuseo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Email: info@sarka.fi
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Loimaa, Finland
- Also known as: “Maatalousmuseo Sarka”, “Sarka”, and “sarka.fi”
- Address: Vanhankirkontie 383, Loimaa, 32200
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Alpo Jaakola Statuary Park and Loimaan Vanhakirkko.
Alpo Jaakola Statuary Park
Park
Alpo Jaakola Statuary Park is situated 3 km southwest of Sarka – The Finnish Museum of Agriculture.
Loimaan Vanhakirkko
Cemetery
Photo: Urjanhai, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Loimaan Vanhakirkko is a cemetery, which is situated 3½ km north of Sarka – The Finnish Museum of Agriculture.
Loimaa Evangelical Folk High School
School building
Loimaa Evangelical Folk High School is a school building, which is situated 4 km north of Sarka – The Finnish Museum of Agriculture.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Loimaa and Pappinen.
Loimaa
Loimaa is in the inland of Finland Proper. Alastaro, Mellilä and Metsämaa have been merged with the city and are included below. Virttaa is a village in Alastaro.Pappinen
Village
Photo: Urjanhai, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pappinen is a village, which is situated 6 km southwest of Sarka – The Finnish Museum of Agriculture.
Mellilä
Town
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Mellilä is a former municipality of Finland. It was merged to the town of Loimaa on 1 January 2009. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. Mellilä is situated 7 km southwest of Sarka – The Finnish Museum of Agriculture.
Sarka – The Finnish Museum of Agriculture
- Categories: agricultural museum, specialised museum in Finland, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Finland Proper, West Coast, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
60.83389° or 60° 50′ 2″ northLongitude
22.98719° or 22° 59′ 14″ eastOperator
Suomen maatalousmuseosäätiö srOpen location code
9GG4RXMP+HVOpenStreetMap ID
way 666517462OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q11895074
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Swedish—“Sarka – The Finnish Museum of Agriculture” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Maatalousmuseo Sarka”
- Finnish: “Sarka (museo)”
- Finnish: “Sarka”
- Finnish: “Suomen maatalousmuseo Sarka”
- German: “Sarka – Finnisches Landtwirtschaftsmuseum”
- Swedish: “Finlands lantbruksmuseum Sarka”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Aulagalleria and Maatalouden aika -näyttely.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sarka – The Finnish Museum of Agriculture”. Photo: Sarkamuseo, CC BY-SA 4.0.