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Overview

The facility was first opened to the public in 1996, and the centre was completed in 2000. In 2019, the centre was visited by over 170,000 visitors. Of the total floor area of , approximately half is available for exhibitions and other public use. In 2017, Vapriikki Museum Centre was chosen as the "Museum of the Century" in a public vote to mark the 100th anniversary of Finnish independence.

Museums

Museums based in the centre include: *

Natural History Museum of Tampere Tampere Natural History Museum is a natural history museum in Tampere, Finland. It is based in the Vapriikki Museum Centre. It shows animals of Pirkanmaa Pirkanmaa (; sv, Birkaland; la, Birkaria, link=no), also known as ''Tampere Region'' i ...

Rupriikki Media Museum The Rupriikki Media Museum is a history museum devoted to mass communication. It is located in the Vapriikki Museum Centre, in Tampere, Finland. Rupriikki showcases media history. Collections include cellular phones, radios, telephones, comput ...

* Finnish Museum of Games *Finnish Ice Hockey Museum and the

Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame The Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame is housed in and administered by the ('Finnish Ice Hockey Museum'), a part of the Vapriikki Museum Centre, in Tampere, Finland. The was founded in 1979 with the mission to record, document, and exhibit objects, ...

*Postal Museum (''Postimuseo'') *Doll and Dress Museum (''Nukke- ja pukumuseo'') *

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Regional Museum (''Pirkanmaan maakuntamuseo'')

References

External links

* Museums in Finland Museums in Pirkanmaa Museums in Tampere Tourist attractions in Tampere Tampere {{Finland-museum-stub