The Kokemäki Open-Air Museum features 15 traditional buildings from the Satakunta region, which were relocated to the site in 1962–1963. One of the museum’s most significant buildings is the main house of the Yli-Pälpälä farm, originally built in the 1790s in the village of Pälpälä. The building includes a main room (pirtti), two chambers, an entry hall (porstua), and a bakehouse (pakari). The interior reflects 19th-century style. The museum grounds also include traditional storehouses from Satakunta, a smoke sauna, and a blacksmith’s workshop. Among the unique structures are an old charcoal burner’s rest hut and a Swedish-style storehouse built by Finns under Swedish supervision. The Kokemäki Open-Air Museum is located near the town center, along the road leading to Kauvatsa. A guide is available on Thursdays in July from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Admission to the museum is free!
The Preaching Room of Saint Henry’s Chapel is the oldest surviving wooden building in Finland. According to folklore, it served during the Middle Ages as a preaching room for Finland’s national saint, Bishop Henry. During the Catholic era, the preaching room was an important pilgrimage site, believed to possess miraculous powers. The octagonal chapel built to shelter the preaching room was consecrated in June 1857. The key to the chapel can be collected from the following locations: – Kokemäki City Library (Haapionkatu 13) during opening hours, tel. +358 40 488 6175 – Kokemäki Parish Office (Maarianrinne 1), Mon–Thu from 9:00 to 12:00, tel. +358 44 754 6000 – Muuntamo Café (Seuratalonrinne 1), daily from June to August, 11:00–19:00, tel. +358 50 433 0887
The Kokemäki Agricultural Museum houses a collection of agricultural tools, scale models and equipment from various trades. The museum was established when the Kokemäki Local Heritage Association, founded in 1913, set out to preserve the everyday tools and household items of ordinary people. In 1938, the museum was relocated to an old grain storage building, becoming Finland’s first museum to be housed in a former grain warehouse. The exhibition has remained almost unchanged since those early days – unlike the world around it. There is plenty to see and marvel at across three floors. The museum is open in July when a guide is present on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free.