Christmas at the Holm House
Holm House, Porvoo Museum, Porvoo
- 27.11.2024–12.1.2025
Christmas in Porvoo Museum takes us again back to the 18th century to visit the merchant family Holm.
The Christmas additions in the permanent exhibition of Holm House tells how people prepared for Christmas and celebrated Christmas. The dinner table in the salon is full of delicacies and the table is set with green-rimmed Rörstrand-crockery bought in Stockholm. The candles that bring a lovely mood are not the ordinary tallow candles but luxurious wax candles. On the side table is set as a liquor table, an important part of all feasts, where people could pick up drinks and snacks to whet the appetites.
In the other rooms of the exhibition there are other Christmas traditions, such as presents. In the 18th century gift-giving was still a new Christmas tradition. Christmas presents weren’t given by a Santa Claus with reindeer, instead they were thrown suddenly in through the door or brought in by a person in a disguise. The presents have clever, rhyming verses on them that can reveal what’s inside and who the gift is from. In the 1700s Christmas was also a spiritual festival of goodwill.
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Museum contact details
Holm House, Porvoo Museum
Välikatu 11, 06100 Porvoo; Mellangatan 11, 06100 Borgå
040 040 7475
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Päämäärä:
Holm House, Porvoo Museum, Välikatu 11, 06100 Porvoo; Mellangatan 11, 06100 Borgå
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Admission fees
12/8/0 € Samalla lipulla Vanhaan raatihuoneeseen. Med samma biljett till Gamla rådhuset.
Payment methods
Käteinen ja tavallisimmat maksukortit, Smartum, Edenred, ICOM-kortti, pressikortti
Kontant och de vanligaste betalningskorten, Smartum, Edenred, ICOM-kort, presskort.
Opening hours
| Mon | Closed |
| Tue | Closed |
| Wed | 12:00-16:00 |
| Thu | 12:00-16:00 |
| Fri | 12:00-16:00 |
| Sat | 12:00-16:00 |
| Sun | 12:00-16:00 |
Wed–Sun 12–16, wednesdays of weeks with even week numbers 12–18