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Pattoi farm is located approx. 10 kilometres from the centre of
Juva. Pattoi is a typical wealthy farm of the area with
traditional farm buildings.
The buildings of the farm that represent the traditional construction
methods of the area are in original condition. In the farmyard
there are a weatherboarded main building from the 1860s, a row of
storehouses built of two timber frames, a timber building with
cross-jointed corners and a granary. There is also a cowshed built
of stone and a two-storied stable with cross-jointed corners.
Located off the farmyard are a smithy, a sauna and a threshing
barn. Around the buildings spread open fields edged by traditional
walls, as well as old forests in an almost natural state.
Pattoi was owned by the Nikulainen family from the early 1800s to the
1990s. After the last representative of the family passed away the
farm was passed to the State Treasury. Juva municipality acquired
the ownership of the farm in 2004. Its aim is to preserve the farm
and reconstruct it as a museum.
The Pattoi House Museum project started in 2005. Juva municipality
together with the Juva Museum and Local Culture and Heritage
Association is responsible for the project. So far the objects,
buildings and other constructions of the farm as well as the
plants have been catalogued, and buildings and walls have been
restored. The tradition and history of the farm have been
unravelled with the help of archives as well as interviews. This
material will be adapted into a publication which introduces the
phases of and the life on the Pattoi farm. The project continues
by drawing and executing the museum and exhibition plans. The aim
is to open the Pattoi House Museum to the public in 2010.
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