Crafts Centre/Shop

Ruukuntekijä Raija ja James Murray
Raatihuoneenkatu 4
64260 Kaskinen
Phone: 06-222 8175

In Finlands smallest town Kaskinen, you will find our studio pottery. Making handmade domestic ware and special event pieces, we try to use the elements to infuse into our pottery; sky, sea, fish and grasses to show Finland in glaze.

Culture & Historic Attraction

Bladhin Talo
Cneiffinpolku 1
64260 Kaskinen
Phone: 06-220 7211
Fax: 06-220 7245

House of Bladh was long the biggest house in Kaskinen. It was built by Petter Johan Bladh year 1788 in building ground number 1 in the first district to serve Bladhs business.

Farm Shop

Savu-Salo

64260 Kaskinen
Phone: 06-222 7644

Maritime Attraction

Sälgrund Pilot Station
Sälgrund
64260 Kaskinen
Gsm: 0400-868781
Fax: 06-220 7200

The old pilot station on Sälgrund is situated in beautiful natural surroundings by the open sea. The area is perfect for visitors with a love of nature seeking alternative holiday options. There are several buildings in the area with access via a small harbour. The newly renovated buildings can now accommodate larger groups of visitors.

Museum

Fishing Museum
Kalaranta
64260 Kaskinen
Phone: 06-220 7211
Fax: 06-220 7245

Kalaranta/Sjöbobacken is the old fishing harbour of Kaskinen. In an old salting house you find the Fishing Museum. The museum exhibits all of the tools and implements used in a fisherman´s home and in the netsheds. The museum is specialised in information about the catching of Baltic herring, as it once was the most important industry in Kaskinen.

The Local Museum of Kaskinen
Raatihuoneenkatu 48
64260 Kaskinen

The museum, which is run by the Kaskinen Local Museum Society, was opened in its present form in 1984. It is located in a wooden residence erected in the mid-nineteenth century by shipowner, factory owner and trader Carl Daniel Rehnström. Most of the rooms show the life of a middle-class family in the mid-eighteen hundreds. The museum aims to relate various aspects of the history of Kaskinen. Thus, the museum also includes the interior of a fisherman%27s cottage, a school exhibition (a classroom) and a ship- broker%27s office COLLECTIONS The museum has a permanent exhibition of textiles. There is also a large collection of hats and outfits that once belonged to middle-class families in Kaskinen. Among the exhibits is a silk wedding dress dating from 1822. The museum holds several rarities that once belonged to the founder of Kaskinen, Petter Johan Bladh (1746-1816) and his family. On display are objects such as silk sheets, silk garters and a silk wallet.