Opening hours
1.10.2023 – 31.5.2024
Mon-Sat
10 – 17
1.6. – 30.9.
Everyday
9 – 18
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Tickets
Adults 15 €
Children 0-6 0 €
School children ages 7-17 7 €
Pensioners, students 13 €
Family ticket 30€
Contact information
Tel. +358 (0)400 898 212
Northern Lapland Nature Centre Metsähallitus
Tel. +358 (0)206 39 7740
Tel. +358 (0)40 700 6485
The Sámi Museum and Nature Centre Siida is located in the town of Inari, in the Sámi Homeland. The Sámi Museum and Northern Lapland Nature Centre are responsible for organizing activities at Siida. Our exhibitions and events give our visitors a window into the north: we provide information on the ancient and vibrant Sámi culture and on arctic nature.
The new exhibition ”Enâmeh láá mii párnááh – These lands are our children” has opened on June 1st 2022.
We are Siida
The Sámi Museum
The Sámi Museum Siida is a national museum responsible for its special field, Sámi culture, and a regional museum responsible for tasks concerning cultural environments in the Sámi Area. We store the spiritual and material culture of the Finnish Sámi in our collections and display it in exhibitions and publications. Our main purpose is to support the identity and the...
Discover usNature Centre
Metsähallitus-maintained nature centres are diverse destinations and sources of diverse and interesting information on nature. We encourage people to be active and recharge in nature. Nature Centre Siida is the most northern nature centre maintained by Metsähallitus and we work in close cooperation with the Siida Sámi Museum.
Discover usExhibitions and Events
Permanent exhibition
Our permanent exhibition links Sámi culture and northern nature to one another forming one whole, which offers a vivid and visual experience as well as an abundance of information. The Sámi Museum and the Nature Centre have worked together to produce the permanent exhibition.
Read moreOpen-Air Museum
Siida’s Open-Air Museum showcases the cultural heritage, architectural heritage and livelihoods of the Sámi in Finland
Read moreFollowing Erkki Mikkola’s footsteps – Landscapes 100 years ago and today
4.10.2023–3.4.2024
How has our environment changed in 100 years? We will find out when we place next to each other photographs taken from the same landscape 100 years ago and today. The photograph exhibition shows the landscapes that Erkki Mikkola immortalized a century ago and the same objects that Tapio Tynys photographed over the last few years.
Read moreSo many kin in my heart – Aune Huhtamella’s life’s work
6.2.2024 – 29.9.2024
Aune Kaarina Huhtamella (née Magga, 1931–2013) was highly respected by her family as a maker of Sámi handicraft who clothed both her nine siblings and other relatives from an early age.
Read moreNorthern Taiga – Land of Willow Grouse and Rock Ptarmigan
6.10.2024−26.1.2025
Exhibition, “Northern Taiga − Land of Willow Grouse and Rock Ptarmigan”, shows survivors, Willow Grouse and Rock Ptarmigan, which have perfectly adapted to the northern taiga over the times, in their own habitats.
Read moreSiida also houses
Siida Shop
Siida Shop is a museum shop. The shop’s products related to Sámi culture and Lapland’s nature are the perfect items to add to your visit.
Read moreInari Tourist Information
The municipality of Inari’s tourist information point located in Nature Centre Siida provides up-to-date information to help you plan your visit to Inari.
Read moreRestaurant Sarrit
Sarrit is a comfortable cafe/restaurant where you can recharge for a moment during your visit to our exhibitions.
Read moreNews releases
Museum of Northern Ostrobothnia donates its Sámi collection to the Sámi Museum Siida
The Museum of Northern Ostrobothnia is donating its Sámi objects to the Sámi Museum Siida.
Read moreSámi Museum and Nature Centre Siida broke visitor records in 2023
The Sámi Museum and Northern Lapland Nature Centra Siida had a little over 68 000 exhibition visitors in 2023. Visitor numbers are back to, and even past, pre-covid numbers.
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