Kahiluoto Manor, Helsinki

The Kahiluoto Manor is currently under construction, and is closed to the general public. It was brought to the Helsinki area from the island Kahiluoto. It was around during the middle ages, and was owned by the Ille family. The main building was a later add on, which was commissioned by Agneta Eleonora de la Myle in and around 1790. In the 1800s, a local farmer purchased the grounds, and allowed the local museum to move the building to Seurasaari in 1926.

The furniture of the museum is quite exquisite. The dining room, for example, was decorated with Gustavian cloth wallpaper that was originally part of the Olkkala Manor in Vihti. The main bedrooms are all examples of furniture from the 1700s. The upstairs guest rooms, however, are filled with neo-Rococo furniture.

A summerhouse from the Moisio Manor has been brought to the Kahiluoto museum also. It was a summerhouse built in the style of the Empire of the time. It is made of logs and side boarding. A semi-circle porch has four Doric columns. It is decorated in a wreath motif. The house was painted yellow and trimmed in brown. It is a great stop for a short museum tour, and will be even better soon.