You can admire the glamour of old radios, televisions, phones and monitors in Salo Electronics Museum. Electronics have been designed and produced in Salo since the late 1920s. These include Salora, Mobira, Nokia and Benefon, which have manufactured radios, televisions, radio telephones, mobile phones, pagers and monitors.
The Made in Salo exhibition showcases the equipment and production history of over 90 years, technological development and social and economic significance of the Salo electronics companies. The museum presents the devices and production equipment designed and manufactured by Salora, Mobira, Nokia’s different units and Benefon, and the production line of the Nokia monitor factory and the production cell of the Nokia mobile phone factory.
At Salo Electronics Museum, you can reminiscence the old radios at your grandparents’ home, what programmes were viewed on the black-and-white televisions and what was your first mobile phone like.
Salo Electronics Museum
Salorankatu 5-7 (Astrum-center), door 3, 24240 Salo
Opening hours until the end of September 2023:
Thu-Fri 11-17
Sat 11-15
From the beginning of October 2023 museum is temporarily closed for the public.
The museum will be open again from the beginning of January 2024.
Tickets:
Adults 6 €, students, unemployed, draftees and retirees 5 €, children under 18 years old free entrance.
Free admission on the first Friday of each month.
More information:
Maria Salo
p. (02) 778 4885
maria.salo@salo.fi