Rauma Old Town Hall, Museum and historic town hall in Old Rauma, Finland
Rauma Old Town Hall is a two-story structure with a clock tower displaying late Baroque architectural features, positioned near the market square. The building occupies a key location within the UNESCO World Heritage site of Old Rauma and now houses museum collections.
Architect Christian Friedrich Schröder designed this administrative building in 1776, and it served as the town's main government center for more than a century. The structure's role changed when a new town hall opened in 1910, marking a shift in the city's administrative operations.
The building now serves as a museum space where exhibitions explore how this coastal Finnish town developed and what traditions shaped its communities. Visitors can see objects and displays that show the daily life and crafts that were important to the people living here.
The building sits within Old Rauma, a UNESCO World Heritage site surrounded by narrow cobbled streets and historic structures from earlier centuries. Plan time to walk through the surrounding neighborhood and bring comfortable shoes since the area has uneven ground and winding paths.
This building ranks among only two surviving 18th-century town halls remaining in Finland, with the other located in Porvoo. This rarity makes it a particularly valuable example of how municipal government buildings looked during that era.
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