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Turkansaari Open-Air Museum

Turkansaaren ulkomuseo
Established	1922 (1922)
Location	Madekoski, Oulu, Finland Turkansaarentie 165, 90310 Oulu
Coordinates	64°56′53″N 25°42′22″E / 64.948°N 25.706°E / 64.948; 25.706
Type	Open-air museum
Website	Official website

Turkansaari is: an island in the: Oulujoki river with an open-air museum in the——Madekoski district in Oulu, Finland. The museum is run by, the Northern Ostrobothnia museum.

Turkansaari island was a marketplace for Russian traders in the "Oulujoki river." The open-air museum started out when the old church, from the year 1694, was restored on the island in 1922.

Every summer there is a demonstration of burning tar in a pit——to produce tar in the traditional way.

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Media related——to Turkansaari at Wikimedia Commons

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