Welcome to Hertonäs manor museum!

 

Hertonäs Manor Museum is open to the public every Sunday from May to September 12 AM to 2 PM. A guided tour (that is included in the ticket) in the museum, the parks and Knusbacka farmstead starts at 2 PM.

The museum's address is Linnanrakentajantie 12, but if you arrive by car, the entrance to the parking lot is via Johan Sederholmin tie.

Important note for visitors arriving by car: Access to the museum parking lot is via Johan Sederholmin tie (not Linnanrakentajantie, even though navigation apps like Google Maps may sometimes suggest otherwise).

The museum will is open between the 3rd of May and the 27th of September.

The manor museum is closed from October to April except for booked guided tours. You are welcome to book a guided tour for groups around the year!

From Manor to museum

 

During the centuries the manor has developed in a similiar way as other Finnish manors. The manor has had several famous owners.

Hertonäs Manor Museum, the parks and Knusbacka farmstead is owned and upheld by the society Svenska Odlingens Vänner i Helsinge r.f. since 1919.

The museum is open from May to September in Sundays from noon to 2 PM. 
A guided tour (that is included in the ticket) in the museum, the parks and Knusbacka farmstead starts at 2 PM.

 

 

 

Tickets 10 € (adults), 5 € (children over 10 years)

We accept Museokortti

Guided tours can be booked for groups, so contact us

phone  +358-40-1526185 | e-mail: info (at) hertonasgard.fi

The manor museum is closed from October to April except for booked guided tours.

 

 

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Events at the Museum in 2026

May 2026

The museum will be open for the first time on 3rd of May 2026.

June 2026

Helsinki day at Hertonäs manor museum 12.6.2026

August 2026

Night of the Arts 20.8.2026

AMNESIA 

Curatorial statement 

Amnesia is an exhibition within an exhibition at the museum of the Hertonäs Manor. The history of the estate dates back to the 16th century village of Hertonäs, with the death of the last proprietor of the estate Johan Bergbom during the civil war leading to its transformation into a museum. In the exhibition contemporary artworks engage the museum’s permanent collections in a dialogue, writing alternative histories of the local landmark. 

Drawing from philosopher Jacques Derrida’s concept of hauntology the exhibition reflects on lost futures that to this day influence our society. The exhibition poses the question: what role does the act of forgetting play in history writing and memory institutions? Threads and storylines that do not fit the narrative are actively forgotten when compiling stories of heroic individuals, landmarks or nation states. 

The contemporary artworks of the exhibition represent acts of misremembering. They engage in speculative history writing and purposefully misrepresent events of the past. These false memories can however encourage us to explore history through a different lens. They can reveal the structures of class hierarchy embedded in the architecture and the fruits of colonialism that still bloom in the gardens. 

History never leaves us. It echoes in the heritage around us, transforming Hertonäs Manor into a haunted house of sorts, where rather than spirits, it is histories lived and lost that taunt the visitors. Amnesia transforms the estate into a museum of forgetting. 

Free of charge entry to the manor house where the exhibition is located.

Park History Tours

Open park history tours will be held in the park.

Tour duration: 45 minutes

Meeting point: Outside the manor house

Group size: Maximum 25 people / tour

Schedule:

5:00 PM – 5:45 PM: Parkhistorisk guidning på svenska (max 25)

6:00 PM – 6:45 PM: Puistohistoriallinen kierros suomeksi (max 25)

7:00 PM – 7:45 PM: Park History Tour in English (max 25)

September 2026

Harvest festival xx.9.2026

The museum is open for the last time on the 27th of September.

Exhibition 11th of augusti to the 27th of September

You are welcome to book a guided tour for groups around the year!

Contact us by phone +358-1526185 or by mail. If you want to cancel the guided tour, you must cancel it at least five days before the date in question. Otherwise, the full price will be charged for the tour.