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organised a public collection of articles for the museum in May which created a foundation for the first exhibition of the museum in
January 1897. Porvoo Museum was named the provincial museum of Eastern Uusimaa in 1982 and in 2020 it became the regional responsibility museum of Eastern Uusimaa. The
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Porvoo Museum has two base exhibitions which are located in the Old Town Hall and in Holm's House, completed in 1763. The exhibition in the Old Town Hall showcases the history of Porvoo and
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