The Mill Museum
Verla groundwood and board mill can only be visited as part of a guided tour. Tour guides describe the mill to visitors and bring the museum to life with stories about the mill.
The guided tour lasts 50–60 minutes, depending on the size of the group. Tours in Finnish start on the hour (the schedule may change to accommodate special event and theme days). Tours in other languages are available by arrangement. We recommend arriving at Verla at least 15 minutes before the tour is scheduled to start.
The tour starts with a ten-minute documentary film showing the mill in full action during its last weeks of operation in the summer of 1964. The documentary commentary is available in Finnish, Swedish, English, German, French, Spanish and Russian. Subtitling is also available in Italian, Chinese and Japanese.
After the film, the mill tour continues with a step-by-step demonstration of how spruce timber was transformed into the off-white woodpulp board that became famous in its time.
Verla Mill Museum is not fully accessible for wheelchair users. However, visitors with reduced mobility can take part in a partial tour with the group.
Purchasing a museum tour online
Choose the date and the number of participants and then click Book. Your choice will be added to your basket. If you wish, you can add other products from the site to your basket. When you are ready, click Confirm in the basket and complete the purchase. The system will send you an email confirming your booking.
For tours in other languages than Finnish (2019: Swedish, English, German, Russian, French and Spanish) we recommend to contact our customer service museum.verla@upm.com or 0204152170.
Perustiedot
| Kohde | Kouvola Verlantie 295,47850 Verla |
Tiedustelut
come for a tour
The Verla Mill Museum, consisting of the groundwood and board mill, can be visited only as part of a guided tour. Tour guides bring the museum to life with stories about the mill. The museum offers tours in various languages for international guests.
Each summer, approximately 35,000 guests visit the World Heritage site. About 10% of those who tour the museum come from abroad, and each year the museum is visited by guests from 50–60 different countries. The museum is owned and maintained by UPM.
Ticket sales
Tickets for museum tours can be purchased in advance from the museum’s webstore. Tickets are also sold at the museum’s info desk, which accepts cash and the most common bank and credit cards.
OPEN 2024:
- 2 May – 29 September Tuesday to Sunday 11-16
- 24 June - 15 August daily 10-18
- The last tour of the day is at 16 or 18.
- On Midsummer’s Eve the museum is closed.
ADMISSION:
| Adults | €15/person |
| Students, the unemployed and senior citizens | €10/person |
| Groups of more than 20 people | €10/person |
| Children under 18: | Free |
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The collections
The core of the Verla Mill Museum collection is located in the mill buildings, with other artefacts on display in exhibitions around the site as opportunities permit. The museum’s buildings, artefacts and photographs are catalogued in the Kantapuu database.
Samples of the wallpaper in Verla’s buildings have been catalogued in the wallpaper database of the National Board of Antiquities’ Department of Monuments and Sites.
In December 2008, the professional cultural history museums of Kymenlaakso started to plan for a joint collections management policy. The Verla Mill Museum’s collections policy was completed in the spring of 2012.