The Lenin Museum in Tampere has announced plans to close by the end of this year and then reopen with a new theme in early 2025. The museum opened in 1946, becoming the first of its kind dedicated to ...

Finland’s Lenin Museum in Tampere, the only one outside Russia dedicated to Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin, officially closed on November 3. Founded in 1946, the museum held exhibits on Lenin’s ...

With change hurtling through Moscow, the museum’s then director jokingly suggested that if Lenin’s embalmed body was to be moved from his mausoleum on Red Square it might as well come to Tampere.

Tampere's Lenin Museum has attracted an exceptional number of visitors ahead of its closure this autumn. A total of 3,351 people visited the museum in Tampere in July, which is the museum's highest ...

For 70 years, Tampere’s Lenin Museum was a shrine to the old Soviet days, but a revamp last year cast aside the sycophancy in favour of a more critical look at Lenin’s legacy and Finland’s ...

The museum dedicated to Vladimir Lenin in the Finnish city of Tampere will close down on November 3, the museum's website reported. Its exhibitions will be dismantled after November 3.

TAMPERE, Finland—Finland's Lenin museum has a problem. "We need more visitors," said Mia Heinimaa, who is charged with orchestrating an overhaul slated to begin this fall.

The Lenin museum in Tampere, central southern Finland, was opened over the weekend after two years of renovations. The exhibits of the museum have been widened and the museum now focuses on the ...

Sat north of Helsinki, the city of Tampere is a box of surprises - and home to a museum that celebrates Finnish favourites the Moomins. Annie Caulfield takes a tour.

And the Tampere Lenin Museum, the building in which Lenin and Stalin first met, in 1905, is a must. Summer draws out locals for boating, swimming, and hiking, but winter may be the time to ...